Soil Formation (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2002)

Soil Formation deals with qualitative and quantitative aspects of soil formation (or pedogenesis) and the underlying chemical, biological, and physical processes. The starting point of the text is the process - and not soil classification. Effects of weathering and new formation of minerals, mobilisation, transport, and breakdown or immobilisation of dissolved and suspended compounds are discussed. Soil processes and profiles are discussed in relation to the landscape, the geosphere, and the biosphere. Emphasis lies on the universality of soil-forming processes in past and present, and on the soil as a dynamic entity that forms part of the total environment.

Complexity of genetic processes in time and space is given much attention. The text gives many examples from literature and places some in a new light. The reader is guided through the subject matter by a large number of questions and problems to help understand and synthesis the material. Answers to all questions are included. This second edition has been updated to reflect recent discoveries. Printing errors have been corrected, and new photographs support the text.

"Working through the questions and problems in this book would provide a rigorous training for any advanced pedology graduate student (and for many pedology professors as well)."
(David J. Brown, Montana State University, Soil Science Vol. 169 No. 4)

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	September 2002
Authors:	Nico Van Breemen • Peter Buurman
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	408
Edition:	2nd ed. 2002
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-0718-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Soil science, sedimentology Promotions
LSN:	1-4020-0718-3
Barcode:	9781402007187

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