Jeffrey Howard

Anthropogenic Soils

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a state-of-the-art review of the physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of anthropogenic soils, their genesis morphology and classification, geocultural setting, and strategies for reclamation, revitalization, use and management.

Produktdetails

• Progress in Soil Science
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-54330-7
• 1st ed. 2017
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9783319543307
• ISBN-10: 331954330X
• Artikelnr.: 47494786

Inhaltsangabe

Contents.- Characteristics of Anthropogenic Soils.- Nature and Significance of Anthropogenic Soils.- Geocultural Setting.- Anthropogenic Landforms and Surficial deposits.- Human Impacts on Soils.- Physical, Chemical, and Mineralogical Characteristics.- Soil Classification.- Artifacts.- Types of Anthropogenic Soils.- Anthropogenic soils in agricultural settings.- Anthropogenic soils in archaeological settings.- Mine-Soils.- Urban soils.- Use and Management of Anthropogenic Soils.- Problems associated with anthropogenic soils.- Revitalization of anthropogenic soils.