Soil Genesis and Classification (eBook)

Authors vii

Preface to the First Edition ix

Preface to the Second Edition x

Preface to the Third Edition xi

Preface to the Fourth Edition xiii

Preface to the Fifth Edition xiv

Preface to the Sixth Edition xv

1. Introduction 3

2. Morphology and Composition of Soils 35

3. Soil-forming Factors: Soil as a Component of
Ecosystems 89

4. Soil Materials and Weathering 141

5. Soil-forming Processes 163

6. Modern Soil Classification Systems 181

7. U.S. Soil Taxonomy 207

8. Alfisols: High Base Status Soils with Finer-textured
Subsoil Horizons 233

9. Andisols: Soils with Andic Soil Properties 249

10. Aridisols: Soils of Dry Regions 265

11. Entisols: Recently Formed Soils 283

12. Gelisols: Very Cold Soils 293

13. Histosols: Organic Soils 307

14. Inceptisols: Embryonic Soils with Few Diagnostic
Features 321

15. Mollisols: Grassland Soils of Steppes and Prairies
331

16. Oxisols: Low Activity Soils 349

17. Spodosols: Soils with Subsoil Accumulations of Humus
and Sesquioxides 361

18. Ultisols: Low Base Status Soils with Finer-textured
Subsoil Horizons 375

19. Vertisols: Shrinking and Swelling Dark Clay Soils
385

20. Spatial Arrangement of Soils: Soilscapes and Map
Units 397

21. Interpretations of Soil Surveys and Technical Soil
Classification 425

Bibliography 437

Index 531

Color plate section located between pages 232 and 233

"You should buy it and persuade your library to buy it as
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undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 April
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