Soil genesis and classification /
Soil genesis and classification /
S.W. Buol [and others].
- 6th ed.
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 543 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780470960622 0470960620 9780470960592 0470960590
10.1002/9780470960622 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Soil science.
Soil formation.
Soils--Classification.
Soil formation.
Soil science.
Soils.
Electronic books.
Classification.
Electronic books.
S591 / .B887 2011
631.4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780470960622 0470960620 9780470960592 0470960590
10.1002/9780470960622 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Soil science.
Soil formation.
Soils--Classification.
Soil formation.
Soil science.
Soils.
Electronic books.
Classification.
Electronic books.
S591 / .B887 2011
631.4