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Elements of the nature and properties of soils / Nyle C. Brady, Ray R. Weil.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextUpper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2014Edition: 3rd edDescription: x, 666 pages : illustrations (some coloured), maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781292039299 :
  • 1292039299
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 631.4 22
LOC classification:
  • S591 .B792 2010
  • S591 .B792 2010
Contents:
The soils around us -- Formation of soils from parent materials -- Soil classification -- Soil architecture and physical properties -- Soil water: characteristics and behavior -- Soil and the hydrologic cycle -- Soil aeration and temperature -- The colloidal fraction: seat of soil chemical and physical activity -- Soil acidity, alkalinity, aridity, and salinity -- Organisms and ecology of the soil -- Soil organic matter -- Nutrient cycles and soil fertility -- Practical nutrient management -- Soil erosion and its control -- Soils and chemical pollution.
Summary: Elements of Nature and Properties of Soils is designed to help make the study of soils fascinating and intellectually satisfying. This text emphasizes the soil as a natural resource and soils as ecosystems.--COVER.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The soils around us -- Formation of soils from parent materials -- Soil classification -- Soil architecture and physical properties -- Soil water: characteristics and behavior -- Soil and the hydrologic cycle -- Soil aeration and temperature -- The colloidal fraction: seat of soil chemical and physical activity -- Soil acidity, alkalinity, aridity, and salinity -- Organisms and ecology of the soil -- Soil organic matter -- Nutrient cycles and soil fertility -- Practical nutrient management -- Soil erosion and its control -- Soils and chemical pollution.

Elements of Nature and Properties of Soils is designed to help make the study of soils fascinating and intellectually satisfying. This text emphasizes the soil as a natural resource and soils as ecosystems.--COVER.

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