Soils :
Soils : basic concepts and future challenges /
Soils: Basic Concepts & Future Challenges
[edited by] Giacomo Certini, Riccardo Scalenghe.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Concepts of soils / Pedogenic processes and pathways of horizon differentiation / Soil phases : The inorganic solid phase / Soil phases : The organic solid phase / Soil phases : The liquid phase / Soil phases : The gaseous phase / Soil phases : The living phase / The state factor theory of soil formation / Factors of soil formation : Parent material. As exemplified by a comparison of granitic and basaltic soils / Factors of soil formation : Climate as exemplified by volcanic ash soils / Factors of soil formation : Topography / Factors of soil formation : Biota. As exemplified by case studies on the direct imprint of trees on trace metal concentrations in soils / Factors of soil formation : Time / Soil formation on Earth and beyond : The role of additional soil forming factors / Soil functions and land use / Physical degradation of soils / Chemical degradation of soils / The future of soil research / Richard W. Arnold -- Stanley W. Buol -- G. Jock Churchman -- Claire Chenu -- Randy A. Dahlgren -- Andrey V. Smagin -- Oliver Dilly, Eva-Maria Pfeiffer and Ulrich Irmler -- Ronald Amundson -- M. Jeff Wilson -- Sadao Shoji, Masami Nanzyo and Tadashi Takahashi -- Robert C. Graham -- Francoise Courchesne -- Ewart A. FitzPatrick -- Giacomo Certini and Riccardo Scalenghe -- Johan Bouma -- Michael J. Singer -- Peter Blaser -- Anthony C. Edwards.
This book was born as an international tribute to Fiorenzo C. Ugolini, an outstanding soil scientist, now retired from university teaching and research. It is a synthesis of the knowledge of soils, their genesis, functions and management, and includes contributions from leading soil scientists. It provides the basic concepts as well as data and practical examples from across the discipline. The book also discusses the increasingly important role of soils in enabling the preservation of life and contains a rare attempt to cross-harmonize the Soil Groups of the World Reference Base of Soil Resources with the Orders of the Soil Taxonomy. It also considers the possible existence of extraterrestrial soils based on the findings from the last space missions. This volume will be a valuable resource for researchers and students of soil science, soil conservation, geography and landscape ecology.
9780511535802 (ebook)
Soil science.
S591 / .S715 2006
631.4
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Concepts of soils / Pedogenic processes and pathways of horizon differentiation / Soil phases : The inorganic solid phase / Soil phases : The organic solid phase / Soil phases : The liquid phase / Soil phases : The gaseous phase / Soil phases : The living phase / The state factor theory of soil formation / Factors of soil formation : Parent material. As exemplified by a comparison of granitic and basaltic soils / Factors of soil formation : Climate as exemplified by volcanic ash soils / Factors of soil formation : Topography / Factors of soil formation : Biota. As exemplified by case studies on the direct imprint of trees on trace metal concentrations in soils / Factors of soil formation : Time / Soil formation on Earth and beyond : The role of additional soil forming factors / Soil functions and land use / Physical degradation of soils / Chemical degradation of soils / The future of soil research / Richard W. Arnold -- Stanley W. Buol -- G. Jock Churchman -- Claire Chenu -- Randy A. Dahlgren -- Andrey V. Smagin -- Oliver Dilly, Eva-Maria Pfeiffer and Ulrich Irmler -- Ronald Amundson -- M. Jeff Wilson -- Sadao Shoji, Masami Nanzyo and Tadashi Takahashi -- Robert C. Graham -- Francoise Courchesne -- Ewart A. FitzPatrick -- Giacomo Certini and Riccardo Scalenghe -- Johan Bouma -- Michael J. Singer -- Peter Blaser -- Anthony C. Edwards.
This book was born as an international tribute to Fiorenzo C. Ugolini, an outstanding soil scientist, now retired from university teaching and research. It is a synthesis of the knowledge of soils, their genesis, functions and management, and includes contributions from leading soil scientists. It provides the basic concepts as well as data and practical examples from across the discipline. The book also discusses the increasingly important role of soils in enabling the preservation of life and contains a rare attempt to cross-harmonize the Soil Groups of the World Reference Base of Soil Resources with the Orders of the Soil Taxonomy. It also considers the possible existence of extraterrestrial soils based on the findings from the last space missions. This volume will be a valuable resource for researchers and students of soil science, soil conservation, geography and landscape ecology.
9780511535802 (ebook)
Soil science.
S591 / .S715 2006
631.4