Thomas Ronal Paton

Soils

A New Global View

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a perspective on soils as earth materials, which establishes a pedological hierarchy of materials, processes and factors, and their rationalization in terms of plate tectonics. The book should interest soil and earth scientists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781857284652
• ISBN-10: 1857284658
• Artikelnr.: 22604784

Autorenporträt

Thomas Ronal Paton

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The processes of soil formation and the resulting soil materials: weathering and leaching
new mineral formation and inheritance
bioturbation
rainwash
aeolian processes
soil creep. Part 2 The distribution of soil material: the pedological hierarchy
the soils of a continental plate centre - Australia, Africa
soils of other continental plate centres
the soil materials of continental plate margins.