Soils : their formation, classification, and distribution /
FitzPatrick, Ewart Adsil.
Soils : their formation, classification, and distribution / E. A. FitzPatrick. - London ; New York : Longman, c1983. - xix, 353 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
CONTENTS
Fundamental properties of soils
the soil profile
soil- a three dimensional continuum
soil- a part of the landscape
soil- a continuum in time
the unit of study- the pedo- unit
definition of soil
summary
Factors of soil formation
parental material
climate
organisms
typography
time
Processes in the soil system
physical processes
chemical processes
biological processes
e.tc
Properties of soil horizons
surface of the soil
position
thickness
boundaries
e.tc
Nomenclature and classification
horizon recognition
horizon homology
intergrading of horizons
e.tc
Soil classes of the world
acrisols
andosols
arenosols
e.tc
Soil relationships
spatial relationships
relationship with the parent materials
relationships with climate
e.tc
Includes bibliography: p. 342-345 and index
D87- 4618 ; D87- 4619 ; D87- 4616 ; D87- 4615 ; D87- 4617
0582301262
Soil science.
631.4 / FIT
Soils : their formation, classification, and distribution / E. A. FitzPatrick. - London ; New York : Longman, c1983. - xix, 353 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
CONTENTS
Fundamental properties of soils
the soil profile
soil- a three dimensional continuum
soil- a part of the landscape
soil- a continuum in time
the unit of study- the pedo- unit
definition of soil
summary
Factors of soil formation
parental material
climate
organisms
typography
time
Processes in the soil system
physical processes
chemical processes
biological processes
e.tc
Properties of soil horizons
surface of the soil
position
thickness
boundaries
e.tc
Nomenclature and classification
horizon recognition
horizon homology
intergrading of horizons
e.tc
Soil classes of the world
acrisols
andosols
arenosols
e.tc
Soil relationships
spatial relationships
relationship with the parent materials
relationships with climate
e.tc
Includes bibliography: p. 342-345 and index
D87- 4618 ; D87- 4619 ; D87- 4616 ; D87- 4615 ; D87- 4617
0582301262
Soil science.
631.4 / FIT