Screen LibrarySoil genesis and classification
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 6th ed. |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470960622 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 543 p.) : ill., maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780470960622 (electronic bk.) 0470960620 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | S591 |
| CLC: | S15 |
| Contents: | Front Matter -- Colour Plates -- Introduction -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Index -- Keep Up with Critical Fields --. |