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Soil genesis and classification
- Title
- Soil genesis and classification / S.W. Buol [and others].
- Publication
- Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press, 2003.
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- Additional Authors
- Buol, S. W.
- Description
- xvi, 494 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- "This comprehensive work covers the diverse needs of soil science instructors, undergraduate students, and graduate students and serves as an outstanding reference for soil scientists, agricultural and natural resources engineers and economists, and others in related fields such as ecology, natural resources, and land use and planning."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Classification.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-481).
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Morphology and Composition of Soils -- 3. Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Formation -- 4. Soil as a Component of the Ecosystem -- 5. Space and Time in Soil Formation -- 6. Modem Soil Classification Systems -- 7. U.S. Soil Taxonomy -- 8. Alfisols : High Base Status Soils with Finer-Textured Subsoil Horizons -- 9. Andisols : Soils with Andic Soil Properties -- 10. Aridisols : Soils of Dry Regions -- 11. Entisols : Recently Formed Soils -- 12. Gelisols : Very Cold Soils -- 13. Histosols : Organic Soils -- 14. Inceptisols : Embryonic Soils with Few Diagnostic Features -- 15. Mollisols : Grassland Soils of Steppes and Prairies -- 16. Oxisols : Low-Activity Soils -- 17. Spodosols : Soils with Subsoil Accumulations of Humus and Sesquioxides -- 18. Ultisols : Low Base Status Soils with Finer-Textured Subsoil Horizons -- 19. Vertisols : Shrinking and Swelling Dark Clay Soils -- 20. Spatial Arrangement of Soils : Soilscapes and Map Units -- 21. Interpretations of Soil Surveys and Technical Soil Classification.
- ISBN
- 0813828732
- 9780813828732
- 1405120827
- 9781405120821
- LCCN
- 2002009252
- OCLC
- ocm50034831
- 50034831
- SCSB-13652846
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library