Soils: A New Global View
Author:   Thomas Ronal Paton ,  Steel Humpherys Geoffrey ,  Peter Balfour Mitchell ,  Peter Balfour Mitchell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781857284652


Pages:   234
Publication Date:   29 June 1995
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Offers a perspective on soils as earth materials, which establishes a pedological hierarchy of materials, processes and factors, and their rationalization in terms of plate tectonics. The book should interest soil and earth scientists.

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Author:   Thomas Ronal Paton ,  Steel Humpherys Geoffrey ,  Peter Balfour Mitchell ,  Peter Balfour Mitchell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781857284652


ISBN 10:   1857284658
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   29 June 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Part 1 The processes of soil formation and the resulting soil materials: weathering and leaching; new mineral formation and inheritance; bioturbation; rainwash; aeolian processes; soil creep. Part 2 The distribution of soil material: the pedological hierarchy; the soils of a continental plate centre - Australia, Africa; soils of other continental plate centres; the soil materials of continental plate margins.

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