Anthony Young, A. Young

Tropical Soils & Soil Survey

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a book about tropical soils written from the point of view of the field soil scientist.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 773g
• ISBN-13: 9780521297684
• ISBN-10: 0521297680
• Artikelnr.: 29424991

Autorenporträt

Anthony Young has published books on transportation, aerospace and social history. He lives in Tennessee.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I. Soil Formation in the Tropics: 1. Environment
2. Processes
3. Soil properties
4. Organic matter
Part II. Soils of the Tropics: 5. Soil types
6. Latosols
7. Laterite
8. Other pedalfers
9. Vertisols
10. Soils of the dry tropics
11. Halomorphic soils
12. Gleys and alluvial soils
Part III. Soil Classification and Evolution: 13. Classification
14. Problems of soil evolution
15. The soil catena
Part IV. Soil Fertility, Soil Survey and Land Evaluation: 16. Soil fertility
17. Crops and soils
18. Soil survey and soil maps
19. Methods of soil survey
20. Land evaluation
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.