This book explores the principles and properties of soils and their physical, chemical and biological characteristics. Forest, rangeland, wetland, desert, agricultural areas, and constructed ecosystems are vividly used in describing processes and properties. Environmental applications, management problems and discussion of human impact on soils help to foster inquisitiveness on the part of readers.
1. The Soils Around Us
2. Formation of Soils From Parent Materials
3. Classification
4. Soil Architecture And Physical Properties
5. Soil Water: Characteristics And Behavior
6. Soil And The Hydrologic Cycle
7. Soil Aeration And Temperature
8. Soil Colloids: Their Nature And Practical Significance
9. Soil Acidity, Alkalinity, And Salinity
10. Organisms And of The Soil
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