Laboratory Manual for Soil and Environmental Science
7th Edition
Published on 1. December 1996
Book
Spiral bound
208 pages
978-0-697-38401-0 (ISBN)
Description
The laboratory manual covers a range of topics on the subject of soil and environmental science including soil texture, particle size distribution, water movement in soil, and liming acid soils.
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Edition
7th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Dubuque, IA
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
forms
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 213 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-697-38401-0 (9780697384010)
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Content
Soil as a natural resource; soil texture; particle size distribution; bulk density and soil porosity; soil water content; water movement in soil; environmental influence on soil formation; properties of colloids in the soil environment; types of soil acidity; liming acid soils; soil degradation by salinity and sodicity; soil testing - available phosphorus in soils; soil organic matter and chemical sorption; microbial decomposition of organic materials in soil; soil survey reports. Appendix: applications of chemistry to soil science.