Screen LibraryThe origin of clay minerals in soils and weathered rocks
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75634-7 |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 406 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Index Number: | P512 |
| CLC: | P512 |
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"The information and the analysis presented here is an attempt to set trends of research in the direction of preventative and creative use of the plant-soil interface"--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-402) and index. Fundamentals of clay mineral crystal structure and physiochemical properties -- Basics for the study of soil and weathered rock geochemical systems -- The development of soils and weathering profile -- Clay mineral formation in weathered rocks : water-rock interaction -- Plants and soil clay minerals -- Clays and climate : clay assemblages formed under extreme humidity conditions -- Physical disequilibrium and transport of soil material -- The place of clay mineral species in soils and alterites -- Annexes: Polytypes ; Mixed layer minerals ; Cation exchange capacity ; Hydroxy-interlayered minerals ; Phase diagrams applied to clay mineral assemblages ; Kinetics. |