Alan Wild

Soils and the Environment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This introductory text aims to help students understand the behaviour of soils in both the man-made and the natural environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780521438599
• ISBN-10: 0521438594
• Artikelnr.: 21008873

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Units, symbols and general information
1. Introduction: Soil in a natural and man-made environment
Part I. Soil Properties and Processes: 2. The soil components
3. Development of soils
4. Sorptive properties of soil
5. Organisms and soil processes
6. Movement of water, air, solutes and heat in soil
Part II. Soils in Relation to the Environment: 7. Soil as a medium for plant growth
8. Soil conditions and crop production
9. Soil acidification
10. Heavy metals and radionuclides in soil
11. Soils, the atmosphere, global warming and ozone depletion
12. Soil erosion and conservation
13. Soils in the environment: problems and solutions
Subject index.