Handbook of Soil Science
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The Handbook of Soil Science provides a resource rich in data that gives professional soil scientists, agronomists, engineers, ecologists, biologists, naturalists, and their students a handy reference about the discipline of soil science. This handbook serves professionals seeking specific, factual reference information. Each subsection includes a description of concepts and theories; definitions; approaches; methodologies and procedures; tabular data; figures; and extensive references.
Table of Contents
Soil Physics, A.W. Warrick
Physical Properties of Primary Particles
Dynamic Properties of Soils
Soil Water Content and Water Potential Relationships
Soil Water Movement
Energy and Water Balances at Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces
Solute Transport
Soil Structure
Soil Gas Movement in Unsaturated Systems
Soil Spatial Variability
Soil Chemistry, P.M. Huang
The Chemical Composition of Soils
Soil Organic Matter
The Soil Solution
Kinetics and Mechanisms of Soil Chemical Reactions
Redox Phenomena
Soil Colloidal Behavior
Ion Exchange Pehnomena
Chemisorption and Precipitation Reactions
Abiotic Catalysis
Soil pH and pH Buffering
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, E.A. Paul
Microbiota
Soil Fauna
Microbially Mediated Processes
Nitrogen Transformations
Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, E.J. Kamprath
Bioavailability of Major Essential Nutrients
Bioavailability of Micronutrients
Nutrient Interactions in Soil and Plant Nutrition
Soil Fertility Evaluation
Fundamentals of Fertilizer Application
Nutrient and Water Use Efficiency
Pedology, L.P. Wilding
Geomorphology of Soil Landscapes
Pedogenic Processes
Pedological Modeling
Soil Taxonomy
Other Systems of Soil Classification
Classification of Soils
Land Evaluation for Landscape Units
Soil Mineralogy, J.W. Stucki
The Alteration and Formation of Soil Minerals by Weathering
Phyllosilicates
Oxide Minerals
Poorly Crystalline Aluminosilicate Clays
Interdiscipinary Aspects of Soil Science, I. Shainberg
Salinity
Sodicity
Hardsetting Soils
Biogeochemistry of Wetlands
Acid Sulfate Soils
Soils and Environmental Quality
Water Erosion
Wind Erosion
Land Application of Wastes
Conservation Tillage
Soil Quality
Soil Databases, M. F. Baumgardner
From the Soil Map of the World to the Digital Global Soil and Terrain Database: 1960-2002
SOTER: The World Soils and Terrain Database
Development of a 0.5° by 0.5° Resolution Global Database
The Canadian Soil Database
United States Soil Survey Database
The Use of Soil Databases in Resource Assessments
Editorial Reviews
Winner of a Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Title award, January 2001
"…is immensely research oriented being written by research scientists and engineers…the handbook is an excellent contribution that will be used by many different groups of soil scientists, engineers, and persons in related disciplines…The authors are top-notch in their areas…book is well laid out and edited…is a worthy addition to any soil scientists library…I would recommend it especially for persons starting out in a soil science field, who would gain much from the vast knowledge and experience represented by these authors."
--Larry M. Shuman, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 107, no. 4
"…makes extensive use of the primary research literature…near-encyclopedic assemblage of the core knowledge…a unique reference work on soil science…more appropriately called a compendium of soil science…valuable reference text across the range of soil science…essential library purchase for institutions for undergraduates and post graduate students…many professional soil scientists, agronomists, geographers, engineers and ecologists active in teaching, research, extension, consultancy and soil management will find a useful assemblage of core knowledge."
--D. W. Hopkins, European Journal of Soil Science, March 2001, 52
