Environmental Soil Science, Third Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 20. January 2000
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-0-8247-0340-0 (ISBN)
Description
A study of environmental soil science. This second edition presents new material on: abiotic, biological and biochemical weathering of minerals in soils; microbial compounds such as enzymes, hormones, mucigel, and extracellular polysaccharides; electric double layer theory; desertification and soil degradation as well as natural processes of ageing; low-input sustainable agriculture; schemes for cultivating crops in outer space; and more.
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Series
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8247-0340-0 (9780824703400)
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Content
Soils and the environment; inorganic soil constituents; organic constituents; gas phase in soils; liquid phase; soil physics in the environment; electro-chemical properties of solid constituents; soils and crop production; soilless agriculture; biotechnology in soil science and agriculture; soil and pollution. Appendices: atomic weights of the major elements in soils; international System of Units (SI); factors for converting US units into SI units; US weights and measures.