Soils and their environment
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Soils and their environment
Prentice Hall, c1992
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Cover title: Soils & their environment
Includes index
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Description
This book provides a foundation in soil principles and concepts and their application, defining the role of soils and examining their interaction with the environment. Also discussed are related environmental concerns such as acid rain, pesticide pollution and hazardous waste disposal. It incorporates information on chemistry, physics, geology and plant physiology in its examination of soil properties and soil-plant relationships. Mechanisms controlling soil pH, weathering and soil formation processes, heat movement in soil, prediction and control of wind and water erosion and other topics are covered in theoretical detail. The book is aimed at undergraduate students.
Table of Contents
- Physical properties of soils
- soil formation
- classification of soils
- water in soils
- soil aeration and temperature
- soil erosion
- properties of soil colloids
- soil reaction - soil pH
- salt-affected soils
- soil organisms and organic matter
- soil-plant interactions
- nitrogen and sulphur
- phosphorus and potassium
- micronutrients
- control of fertility and pH
- soil and environment quality
- world soil resources.
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