Overview
This text deals with qualitative and quantitative aspects of soil formation (or pedogenesis) and the underlying chemical, biological and physical processes. The starting point of the text is the process - and not soil classification. Effects of weathering and new formation of minerals, mobilization, transport and breakdown or immobilization of dissolved and suspended compounds are discussed. Soil processes and profiles are examined in relation to the landscape, the geosphere and the biosphere. Emphasis lies on the universality of soil-forming processes in past and present and on the soil as a dynamic entity that forms part of the total environment. Complexity of genetic processes in time and space is given much attention. The text includes a number of questions and problems which guide the reader through the subject matter. Answers to all questions are included.
Full Product Details
Author: Nico van Breemen ,
Peter Buurman
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 1.030kg
ISBN: 9781402007675
ISBN 10: 1402007671
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 30 September 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The authors set out to write a textbook on the processes of soil profile genesis and should be applauded for accomplishing this objective. <p>The many questions and problems in each chapter a together with extensive answers and solutions a are the clear strength of Soil Formation. Questions delve into the fundamental tenets of pedology, challenge the reader to connect basic processes to contemporary features, and lead students through the relative merits of conflicting theories on the formation of specific soil features. <p>As a professor trained in soil genesis, I found the questions almost uniformly interesting, challenging, and penetrating. Working through the questions and problems in this book would provide a rigorous training for any advanced pedology graduate student (and for many pedology professors as well). The broader organization of the book makes it relatively easy to find the appropriate chapter for a topic of interest. No other pedology text provides a collection of questions and problems remotely comparable to those included in Soil Formation.<br>(David J. Brown, Montana State University, Soil Science Vol. 169 No. 4)
The authors set out to write a textbook on the processes of soil profile genesis and should be applauded for accomplishing this objective. The many questions and problems in each chapter – together with extensive answers and solutions – are the clear strength of Soil Formation. Questions delve into the fundamental tenets of pedology, challenge the reader to connect basic processes to contemporary features, and lead students through the relative merits of conflicting theories on the formation of specific soil features. As a professor trained in soil genesis, I found the questions almost uniformly interesting, challenging, and penetrating. Working through the questions and problems in this book would provide a rigorous training for any advanced pedology graduate student (and for many pedology professors as well). The broader organization of the book makes it relatively easy to find the appropriate chapter for a topic of interest. No other pedology text provides a collection of questions and problems remotely comparable to those included in Soil Formation. (David J. Brown, Montana State University, Soil Science Vol. 169 No. 4)
