Screen LibrarySoil genesis and classification
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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| Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex Ames, Iowa |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 6th ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 543 p., 12 p. of col. plates: ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780813807690 (hbk.) 0813807697 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | S15 |
| CLC: | S15 |
| Call Number: | S15/S683/6th ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Morphology and composition of soils -- Soil-forming factors: soil as a component of ecosystems -- Soil materials and weathering -- Soil-forming processes -- Modern soil classification systems -- U.S. soil taxonomy -- Alfisols : high base status soils with finer-textured subsoil horizons -- Andisols : soils with andic soil properties -- Aridisols : soils of dry regions -- Entisols : recently formed soils -- Gelisols : very cold soils -- Histosols : organic soils -- Inceptisols : embryonic soils with few diagnostic features -- Mollisols : grassland soils of steppes and prairies -- Oxisols : low activity soils -- Spodosols : soils with subsoil accumulations of humus and sesquioxides -- Ultisols : low base status soils with finer-textured subsoil horizons -- Vertisols : shrinking and swelling dark clay soils -- Spatial arrangement of soils : soilscapes and map units -- Interpretations of soil surveys and technical soil classification. |