Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths

Georges Stoops, Vera Marcelino, Florias Mees (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

1000 Seiten

2018 | 2nd edition
Elsevier Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-444-63522-8 (ISBN)

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Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths, Second Edition, provides researchers and students with a tool for interpreting features observed in soil thin sections and through submicroscopic studies. After an introduction and general overview, micromorphological aspects of regoliths (e.g., saprolites, transported materials) are highlighted, followed by a systematic and coherent discussion of the micromorphological expression of various pedogenic processes. The book is written by an international team of experts in the field, using a uniform set of concepts and terminology, making it a valuable interdisciplinary reference work.

The following topics are treated: freeze-thaw features, redoximorphic features, calcareous and gypsiferous formations, textural features, spodic and oxic horizons, volcanic materials, organic matter, surface horizons, laterites, surface crusts, salt minerals, biogenic and pedogenic siliceous materials, other authigenic silicates, phosphates, sulphidic and sulphuric materials, and features related to faunal activity. The last chapters address anthropogenic features,archaeological materials and palaeosoils.

Georges Stoops contributed substantially to the understanding of the genesis of arid and tropical soils, and to the development of concepts and terminology for the description of soil thin sections. His outstanding research activities in an international context, contributed considerably to the development of soil micromorphology, while his enthusiastic teaching in Ghent and elsewhere promoted the use of soil micromorphology worldwide. His achievements have been honoured for instance by the Kubiëna Medal of the International Soil Science Society (1992) and the Philippe Duchaufour Medal of the European Geosciences Union (2010).. Dr. Marcelino has many years of research experience in soil micromorphology, especially in the field of tropical soil development, and was guest lecturer at several Intensive Training Courses on Micromorphology organised in various European countries. Dr. Mees has many years of research experience in sediment petrology, soil mineralogy and micromorphology, applied to sediments and soils in arid and semi-arid environments, and later mainly in humid tropical environments, especially in Central Africa.

1. Micromorphology as a tool in soil and regolith studies
2. Collovial And Mass Wasting Deposits
3. Saprolites
4. Pedoplasmation: formation of soil material
5. Fabric and composition of the groundmass
6. Pedogenic siliceous features
7. Biogenic siliceous features
8. Authigenic silicate minerals – sepiolite-palygorskite, zeolites and sodium silicates
9. Calcium carbonate features
10. Gypsic features
11. Salt minerals in saline soils and salt crusts
12. Phosphatic features
13. Sulphidic and sulphuric materials
14. Textural pedofeatures and related horizons
15. Redoximorphic features
16. Features related to faunal activity
17. Organic matter
18. Topsoils
19. Physical and biological surface crusts
20. Frost action
21. Vertic features
22. Spodic materials
23. Oxic and related materials
24. Lateritic and bauxitic materials
25. Regoliths and soils on volcanic ash
26. Anthropogenic features
27. Archaeological materials
28. Palaeosoils and relict soils, a conceptual approach
29. Palaeosoils and relict soils, a systematic review
30. Micromorphological Features and their relation to processes and clarification

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2018
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	191 x 235 mm
Gewicht	2100 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	0-444-63522-X / 044463522X
ISBN-13	978-0-444-63522-8 / 9780444635228
Zustand	Neuware