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Origin and Mineralogy of Clays - Clays and the Environment (Hardcover, 1995 ed.): Bruce Velde Origin and Mineralogy of Clays - Clays and the Environment (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)
Bruce Velde
R4,432 Discovery Miles 44 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Origin and Mineralogy of Clays, the first of two volumes, lays the groundwork for a thorough study of clays in the environment. The second volume will deal with environmental interaction. Going from soils to sediments to diagenesis and hydrothermal alteration, the book covers the whole spectrum of clays. The chapters on surface environments are of great relevance in regard to environmental problems in soils, rivers and lake-ocean situations, showing the greatest interaction between living species and the chemicals in their habitat. The book is of interest to scientists and students working on environmental issues.

Soil Clays - Linking Geology, Biology, Agriculture, and the Environment (Paperback): G. Jock Churchman, Bruce Velde Soil Clays - Linking Geology, Biology, Agriculture, and the Environment (Paperback)
G. Jock Churchman, Bruce Velde
R1,421 Discovery Miles 14 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As the human population grows from seven billion toward an inevitable nine or 10 billion, the demands on the limited supply of soils will grow and intensify. Soils are essential for the sustenance of almost all plants and animals, including humans, but soils are virtually infinitely variable. Clays are the most reactive and interactive inorganic compounds in soils. Clays in soils often differ from pure clay minerals of geological origin. They provide a template for most of the reactive organic matter in soils. They directly affect plant nutrients, soil temperature and pH, aggregate sizes and strength, porosity and water-holding capacities. This book aims to help improve predictions of important properties of soils through a modern understanding of their highly reactive clay minerals as they are formed and occur in soils worldwide. It examines how clays occur in soils and the role of soil clays in disparate applications including plant nutrition, soil structure, and water-holding capacity, soil quality, soil shrinkage and swelling, carbon sequestration, pollution control and remediation, medicine, forensic investigation, and deciphering human and environmental histories. Features: Provides information on the conditions that lead to the formation of clay minerals in soils Distinguishes soil clays and types of clay minerals Describes clay mineral structures and their origins Describes occurrences and associations of clays in soil Details roles of clays in applications of soils Heavily illustrated with photos, diagrams, and electron micrographs Includes user-friendly description of a new method of identification To know soil clays is to enable their use toward achieving improvements in the management of soils for enhancing their performance in one or more of their three main functions of enabling plant growth, regulating water flow to plants, and buffering environmental changes. This book provides an easily-read and extensively-illustrated description of the nature, formation, identification, occurrence and associations, measurement, reactivities, and applications of clays in soils.

Origin and Mineralogy of Clays - Clays and the Environment (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995): Bruce Velde Origin and Mineralogy of Clays - Clays and the Environment (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995)
Bruce Velde
R4,246 Discovery Miles 42 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Origin and Mineralogy of Clays, the first of two volumes, lays the groundwork for a thorough study of clays in the environment. The second volume will deal with environmental interaction. Going from soils to sediments to diagenesis and hydrothermal alteration, the book covers the whole spectrum of clays. The chapters on surface environments are of great relevance in regard to environmental problems in soils, rivers and lake-ocean situations, showing the greatest interaction between living species and the chemicals in their habitat. The book is of interest to scientists and students working on environmental issues.

Soil Clays - Linking Geology, Biology, Agriculture, and the Environment (Hardcover): G. Jock Churchman, Bruce Velde Soil Clays - Linking Geology, Biology, Agriculture, and the Environment (Hardcover)
G. Jock Churchman, Bruce Velde
R4,846 Discovery Miles 48 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As the human population grows from seven billion toward an inevitable nine or 10 billion, the demands on the limited supply of soils will grow and intensify. Soils are essential for the sustenance of almost all plants and animals, including humans, but soils are virtually infinitely variable. Clays are the most reactive and interactive inorganic compounds in soils. Clays in soils often differ from pure clay minerals of geological origin. They provide a template for most of the reactive organic matter in soils. They directly affect plant nutrients, soil temperature and pH, aggregate sizes and strength, porosity and water-holding capacities. This book aims to help improve predictions of important properties of soils through a modern understanding of their highly reactive clay minerals as they are formed and occur in soils worldwide. It examines how clays occur in soils and the role of soil clays in disparate applications including plant nutrition, soil structure, and water-holding capacity, soil quality, soil shrinkage and swelling, carbon sequestration, pollution control and remediation, medicine, forensic investigation, and deciphering human and environmental histories. Features: Provides information on the conditions that lead to the formation of clay minerals in soils Distinguishes soil clays and types of clay minerals Describes clay mineral structures and their origins Describes occurrences and associations of clays in soil Details roles of clays in applications of soils Heavily illustrated with photos, diagrams, and electron micrographs Includes user-friendly description of a new method of identification To know soil clays is to enable their use toward achieving improvements in the management of soils for enhancing their performance in one or more of their three main functions of enabling plant growth, regulating water flow to plants, and buffering environmental changes. This book provides an easily-read and extensively-illustrated description of the nature, formation, identification, occurrence and associations, measurement, reactivities, and applications of clays in soils.

Ceramic Materials in Archaeology (Paperback): Isabelle C. Druc, Bruce Velde Ceramic Materials in Archaeology (Paperback)
Isabelle C. Druc, Bruce Velde
R1,254 Discovery Miles 12 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Archaeological Ceramic Materials - Origin and Utilization (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999): Bruce... Archaeological Ceramic Materials - Origin and Utilization (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)
Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
R2,230 Discovery Miles 22 300 Out of stock

Archaeological Ceramic Materials is an introduction to the origin and the analysis of the most abundant material found in archaeologyceramics. In this volume, the authors explain the origin of the components of ceramic materials, the choice of these materials by potters as a function of use and physical properties, the effects of firing on ceramic materials, and the means used to analyze the ceramics in a post-use context.

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