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Encyclopedia of soil science /

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Title Proper

Encyclopedia of soil science /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Ward Chesworth.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht, Netherlands :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxvi, 902 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;

Dimensions

29 cm.

Series Title

Encyclopedia of earth sciences series

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Biodiversity -- Biogeochemical cycles / Ward Chesworth -- Biomass -- Biome -- Biomes and their soils / Ward Chesworth -- Bioremediation -- Biosequence -- Biospheric role of soil -- Biostasis -- Biotic -- Bisiallitization -- Black cotton soil -- Black earth -- Blanket -- Blowout -- Bog -- Boreal forest -- Boulder -- Brunification -- Buffers, Buffering / Carlo Gessa -- Bulk density / David T. Lewis -- Buried soil -- C horizon -- Calcareous soils / Ward Chesworth, Marta Camps Arbestain, and Felipe Macías Vázquez -- Calcisols / Otto Spaargaren -- Capability -- Capillary pressure / Y. Mualem and H.J. Morel-Seytoux -- Carbon cycling and formation of soil organic matter / William R. Horwath -- Carbon sequestration in soil / Gonzalo Almendros -- Carbonates / Ward Chesworth -- Catchment -- Catena -- Cation exchange -- Cement -- Cheluviation -- Chemical analyses / Paul R. Grossl and Donald L. Sparks -- Chemical composition -- Chemisorption -- Chernozems / Otto Spaargaren -- Chronology of soils / Rhodes W. Fairbridge -- Chronosequence -- Classification of soils : FAO / Ahieh Singer -- Classification of soils : soil taxonomy / Hari Eswaran -- Classification of soils : world reference base (WRB) for soil profiles / Otto Spaargaren -- Clastic -- Clay mineral alteration in soils / P.M. Huang -- Clay mineral formation / Arieh Singer -- Clay mineral structures -- Clay minerals : silicates / Charles E. Weaver --

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Clay-organic interactions / B.K.G. Theng -- Climate -- Climosequence -- Coastal soils -- Colloid -- Colluvium -- Comminution -- Compaction / Iain M. Young -- Complex soil -- Compost -- Computer modeling / Keith Paustian -- Computerized tomography / Richard J. Heck -- Concretion -- Conductivity, Electrical / Charles W. Finkl -- Conductivity, Hydraulic / Herman Bouwer -- Conductivity, Thermal / Amos Hadas -- Conservation / Ward Chesworth and David M. Lavigne -- Consistence -- Consolidation -- Contour -- Cordillera -- Corrasion -- Corrosion -- Craton -- Creep -- Critical load -- Crotovina -- Crusts, Crusting / Marcello Pagliai -- Cryopedology -- Cryosols / Otto Spaargaren -- Cryoturbation -- Cuesta -- Cultivation -- Cumulization -- Cutan -- Catum level -- Debris -- Degradation -- Delta -- Denitrification -- Desalinization -- Desert -- Desertification -- Desiccation -- Desilication -- Detritus -- Diffusion -- Diffusion processes / Siobhán Staunton -- Dispersion -- Dissection -- Dissolved material -- Divide -- Doline -- Drainage -- Drumlin -- Dry deposition -- Dune -- Duricrusts and induration / Rhodes W. Fairbridge -- Durisols / Otto Spaargaren -- Dust -- E horizon -- Earth cycles / Rhodes W. Fairbridge -- Ecology -- Edaphic -- Edaphic constraints on food production / Friedrich H. Beinroth, Hari Eswaran, and Paul F. Reich -- Edaphology -- Effective -- Effluent -- Electrical double layer -- Electrochemistry -- Electro-osmosis -- Elutriation -- Eluviation -- Endogenous -- Energy balance / Gaylon S. Campbell --

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Envelope-pressure potential / Pieter H. Groenevelt -- Environment -- Enzyme activity -- Enzymes and proteins, Interactions with soil-constituent surfaces / Hervé Quiquampoix -- Eolian -- Epigenous -- Erosion / Rhodes W. Fairbridge -- Erratic -- Escarpment -- Esker -- Eutrophication -- Evaporation / R.J. Hanks and G.E. Cardon -- Evapotranspiration -- Evolution -- Exchange complex -- Exchange phenomena / Robert G. Gast -- Exfoliation -- Exogene -- Extract -- F horizon -- Fabric -- Factors of soil formation / Carlota Garcia Paz and Teresa Taboada Rodríguez -- Fallout -- Fallow -- Family -- Fan -- Fauna / Valeria M. Behan-Pelletier and Stuart B. Hill -- Fen -- Ferralitic -- Ferralitization -- Ferralsols / Pablo Vidal-Torrado and Miguel Cooper -- Ferran -- Ferri-argillan -- Ferrods -- Ferrolysis -- Fersiallitization -- Fertilizer raw materials / Peter van Straaten -- Fertilizers, Inorganic / J.J. Oertli -- Fertilizers, Organic / C. Wesley Wood -- Fibric, hemic and sapric -- Field capacity -- Field pH / L.R. Hossner -- Field water cycle / William O. Rasmussen -- Flocculation / W.O. Williamson -- Flood plain -- Fluviolacustrine -- Fluvisols / Otto Spaargaren --

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Folic -- Fragipan -- Frigid -- Frost action -- Fulvic acid -- Furrow -- Gabion -- Gelifluction -- Geochemistry in soil science / Garrison Sposito -- Geography of soils / Ward Chesworth and L.J. Evans -- Geology and soils / Ward Chesworth -- Gilgai -- Glaciation -- Glaciofluvial -- Glaciolacustrine -- Gley -- Gleysolos / Otto Spaargaren -- Gossan -- Groundwater -- Guano -- Gully -- Gypsan -- Gypsisols / Otto Spaargaren -- H horizon -- Halomorphic -- Hardening -- Hardpan -- Harrow -- Health -- Health problems and soil / J. Lag -- Heat capacity / Amos Hadas -- Health -- History of soil science / Rhodes W. Fairbridge -- Histosols / J.C. Nóvoa Muñoz, X. Ponteverdra Pombal, and A. Martínez Cortizas -- Hoodoo -- Horizon -- Horizon designations in the Wrb -- Humic substances / Gonzalo M. Almendros -- Humid -- Hummock -- Hydric soils / W. Chesworth, M. Camps, Arbestain, F. Macías, and A. Martínez Cortizas -- Hydrological cycle / Ward Chesworth -- Hydromorphic -- Hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity / William F. Jaynes -- Hygroscopicity, hygroscopic constant / Hans F. Winterkorn -- Hypogene -- Ice erosion / Ward Chesworth, Augusto Perez-Alberti, and Emmanuelle Arnaud -- Ice wedge and polygon -- Igneous -- Illuviation -- Imbibition / H.J. Morel-Seytoux -- Imogolite -- Imperious -- Induration -- Infiltration / H.J. Morel-Seytoux --

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Inheritance -- Inorganic fertilizers -- Inorganic soil -- Insolation -- Intensive agriculture -- Interfluve -- Intergrade -- Ion -- Ion exchange -- Ionic activities -- Iron activities -- Iron oxides / Udo Schwertmann -- Iron pan -- Irrigation / Ernest Rawitz -- Journals / Charles W. Finkl -- Kame -- Karst -- Kastanozems / Otto Spaargaren -- Koppen -- Krotovinas -- Kubiena box -- L horizon -- Labile pool / S.A. Ebelhar -- Lacustrine -- Lagoon -- Land -- Landfill -- Landscape -- Landscape and soils / Ward Chesworth -- Laterite -- Law of the minimum / Quirino Paris -- Leaching -- Leptosols / Otto Spaargaren -- Lessivage -- LFH horizon -- Light fraction -- Lime -- Liquefaction -- Lithic -- Lithosequence -- Litter -- Lixisols / Otto Spaargaren -- Loading -- Loam -- Loess -- Luvisols / Otto Spaargaren -- Macronutrients / L.R. Hossner -- Mangan -- Manure -- Marginal land -- Marl -- Marsh -- Mass movement -- Matran -- Matric potential -- Matrix -- Meadow -- Mechanical weathering / Eiju Yatsu -- Melanization -- Metal complexing -- Metamorphic -- Microbial ecology and clay minerals -- Microhabitats / Iain M. Young -- Micrometeorology / Jon S. Warland -- Micromorphology / Georges Stoops -- Micronutrients / Ward Chesworth -- Microstructure, engineering aspects / Peter Smart -- Midden -- Mineral analysis --

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List of contributors -- Preface -- A horizon -- Abiotic -- Abrasion -- Abrupt textural change -- Absorption -- Acid deposition effects on soil -- Acid deposition effects on soils / Randy A. Dahlgren -- Acid soils / Felipe Macías Vázquez, Marta Camps Arbestain, and Ward Chesworth -- Acid sulfate soils -- Acidity / Wayne P. Robarge -- Acids, alkalis, bases and pH -- Acrisols / Felipe Macías Vázquez -- Activity ratios / Bryon W. Bache -- Adobe -- Adsorption -- Aggregate -- Aggregate stability to drying and wetting / W.W. Emerson -- Aggregation / Roger Hartmann -- Agrichemical -- Agroecology -- Agroecosystem -- Agrogeology / Nikola Kostic -- Agronomy -- Albeluvisols / Otto Spaargaren -- Alisols / Otto Spaargaren -- Alkali -- Alkaline soils / Ward Chesworth, Felipe Macías Vázquez, and Marta Camps Arbestain -- Alkalization -- Allitization -- Allogenic -- Alluvium -- Andosols / Olafur Arnalds -- Anthropogenic -- Anthrosols / Otto Spaargaren -- Argillaceous -- Argillan -- Arid -- Arrhenius' equation -- Association -- Auger -- Authigenic -- Azonal soil -- B horizon -- Background -- Badlands -- Barchan -- Barrens -- Base -- Base level -- Base saturation / Bryon W. Bache -- Basement -- Basic -- Basin-- Beach -- Bed -- Bedrock -- Bench -- Berm -- Biodegradation --

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Mineral soil -- Mineralization -- Mire / A. Martínez Cortizas, X. Pondeverdra Pombal, and J.C. Nóvoa Muñoz -- Moisture regimes -- Monadnock -- Mor -- Moraine -- Morphology -- Mottle -- Muck -- Mulch -- Mull -- Munsell chart -- Muskeg -- Near-neutral soils / Marta Camps Arbestain, Felipe Macías Vázquez, and Ward Chesworth -- Neoformation -- Neolithic revolution / Ward Chesworth -- Net primary productivity -- Nitisols / Otto Spaargaren -- Nitrification -- Nitrogen cycle / Johnson Semoka -- Nitrogen fixation -- Nodule -- Nutrient -- Nutrient cycling -- Nutrient potentials / Konrad Mengel -- O horizon -- Order -- Organan -- Organic fertilizers -- Organic matter -- Organic soil -- Organic weathering -- Ortstein -- Osmosis -- Outwash -- Overburden -- Paddy soils -- Paleosol -- Pallid zone -- Paludification -- Pan -- Paralithic -- Parent material -- Parent rock -- Particle density / George R. Blake -- Particle-size distribution / Gary C. Steinhardt -- Pasture -- Peat / X. Pontevedra Pombal, J.C. Nóvoa Muñoz, and A. Martínez Cortizas -- Ped -- Pedalfer -- Pedocal -- Pedogenic grid -- Pedology and pedogenesis / Richard W. Arnold -- Pedon -- Pedosphere -- Pedoturbation / Randall J. Schaetzl -- Peneplain, pediplain, etchplain -- Penetrability -- Peptization -- Percolation / F. Stagnitti, J.-Y. Parlange, and T.S. Steenhuis --

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Periglacial -- Periodic table in soil science / Ward Chesworth -- Permafrost -- Permeability / Y. Mualem and H.J. Morel-Seytoux -- Permeameter -- Petrocalcic -- Petrogypsic -- pH -- Phaeozems / Otto Spaargaren -- Phase rule and phase diagrams / Ward Chesworth -- Phi scale -- Phosphorus cycle / Yoong K. Soon -- Phreatic -- Physical chemistry / D.S. Orlov -- Physical properties -- Physical weathering -- Phytolith -- Pingo -- Planosols / Otto Spaargaren -- Plant nutrients / J.J. Oertli -- Plant roots and soil physical factors / Jan Gliński, Jerry Lipiec, and Witold Stępniewski -- Plasma -- Plastic -- Playa -- Plinthite -- Plinthosols / Otto Spaargaren -- Plow -- Plow layer -- Poszols / Otto Spaargaren -- Point of zero net charge -- Pollution -- Polycyclic -- Polygenetic -- Polygonal -- Polypedon -- Pore -- Pore size distribution -- Pore space, Drainable -- Porosity -- Potassium cycle / Ward Chesworth -- Prairie -- Primary mineral -- Primary productivity -- Prismatic -- Profile / Carmela Monterroso Martinez -- Profile, Physical modification / Keith D. Cassel and David Hammer -- Pseudogley -- Puddling / Pedro A. Sanchez -- Pugging -- Quality / Ward Chesworth --

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Radiocarbon dating -- Radioisotopes -- Rangeland -- Reaction -- Redoximorphic features -- Redox reactions and diagrams in soil / Burl D. Meek and Ward Chesworth -- Regolith -- Regosols / Otto Spaargaren -- Relief -- Rendzina -- Residence time -- Residua system of weathering -- Residual soil -- Reverse weathering -- Revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE) -- Rhizosphere / Michael Herlihy -- Ria -- Ridge -- Rockland -- Rolling -- Rotation -- Rubifaction or rubefaction -- Runoff -- Sabkha -- Saline -- Salt affected soils -- Salt leaching / Raj K. Gupta and I.P. Abrol -- Sand -- Sandur, Sandr -- Saprolite -- Saprolite, Regolith and soil / Charles W. Finkl -- Saturation -- Savanna -- Scalping -- Scarify -- Scrub -- Secondary mineral -- Sedimentary -- Seepage -- Self-mulching -- Semi-arid -- Series -- Sesquan -- Sesquioxide -- Shear -- Shield -- Shrinkage -- Silicates -- Silt -- Simulation of soil systems -- Skeletan -- Skeleton grains -- Slickensides -- Slope classes -- Sludge -- Sludge disposal / M.B. Kirkham -- S-matrix -- Sod -- Sodicity -- Soil / Marta Camps Arbestain, Felipe Macías Vázquez, and Ward Chesworth -- Soil biology / James J. Germida -- Soil chemistry / Richard H. Loeppert -- Soil color / Maurice G. Cook -- Soil components, Organic -- Soil Conservation Service -- Soil drainage / G.O. Schwab -- Soil engineering / Krystyna Konstankiewicz and Jarosł aw Pytka -- Soil fertility / J.J. Oertli --

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Soil health -- Soil horizon designations in the WRB solid classification system / Arieh Singer -- Soil mapping and survey / William J. Edmonds -- Soil mechanics -- Soil microbiology / Yucheng Feng -- Soil mineralogy / Steven B. Feldman, C. Shang, and Lucian W. Zelazny -- Soil organic matter -- Soil physics / P.W. Ford -- Soil pores / Brent E. Clothier -- Soil probe -- Soil quality -- Soil reaction -- Soil salinity and salinization / M.A. Arshad -- Soil science -- Soil separates -- Soil solution / Bryon W. Bache -- Soil stabilization -- Soil survey -- Soil variation / Inakwu O.A. Odeh -- Soil water -- Soil water and its management / Paul W. Unger -- Soil-root interface / Carlo Gessa -- Soils of the coastal zone / Charles W. Finkl -- Soils, Non-agricultural uses / Fred P. Miller -- Soil-solvent interactions -- Solifluction -- Solonchaks / Otto Spaargaren -- Solonetz / Otto Spaargaren -- Solum -- Solute sorption-desorption kinetics / H. Magdi Selim -- Sorption phenomena / N.J. Barrow -- Spheroidal -- Stagnosols / Otto Spaargaren -- Stony -- Stratification -- Structure -- Subsoil -- Sulfur transformations and fluxes / Myron J. Mitchell and Christine Alewell -- Supergene -- Surface soil water content -- Surficial -- Sustainable agriculture -- Swamp -- Tableland -- Taiga -- Tailings -- Technosols / Ward Chesworth and Otto Spaargaren -- Temperature regime --

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Tensiometer -- Terrace -- Terrain -- Terric -- Texture -- Thermal regime / Amos Hadas -- Thermodynamics of soil water / Pieter H. Groenevelt -- Thermogenic -- Thermosequence -- Thionic or sulfidic soils / Xosé L. Otero, Tiago O. Ferreira, Pablo Vidal-Torrado, Filipe Macías Vázquez, and Ward Chesworth -- Thixotrophy, thixotropism / Charles W. Finkl, Jr. -- Till -- Tillage / John W. Doran and Lloyd N. Mielke -- Topography -- Toposequence -- Topsoil -- Trace elements / M.B. Kirkham -- Transport -- Transport processes / Pieter H. Groenevelt -- Tropical soils / Charles W. Finkl -- Truncated soil -- Tundra -- Turf -- Type -- Umbrisols / Otto Spaargaren -- Undifferentiated map unit -- Universal soil loss equation -- Unsaturated flow -- Vadose -- Ventifacts / Rhodes W. Fairbridge -- Vertisols / Otto Spaargaren -- Void -- Vugh -- Wasteland -- Water budget in soil / Gary W. Parkin -- Water content -- Water content and retention / Walter H. Gardner -- Water erosion / K. Auerswald -- Water fluxes-- Water holding capacity -- Water movement / Johannes Bouma -- Water potential -- Water table -- Waterlogged -- Watershed -- Weathering systems in soil science / Ward Chesworth -- Wentworth scale -- Wetland -- Wettability -- Wetting front / H. J. Morel-Seytoux -- Wilting point -- Wind erosion / Michael Brookfield -- Wind erosion equation -- Windthrow -- Woodland -- Yield -- Zeta potential / R.J. Zasoski -- Zonal soil -- Zone -- Author index -- Subject index.

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This combination of an encyclopedia and glossary of terms emphasizes the study of soils as an integral part of the earth sciences along with the agricultural, environmental and technological aspects.

Soil science, Encyclopedias.

Chesworth, Ward.

Date of Transaction

20120410013819.0

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