Soil: Fragile Interface

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"The book, written from the perspective of pedologists and agronomists, is a study of the Earth's crust which is subjected to climatic agents and inhabited by living creatures. These phenomena in concert, slowly transform soil through the interaction of physical, climatic and biological processes."--Provided by publisher.

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Full title :Soil : Fragile Interface / P Stengel.

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Publication Date:2003.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):CRC Press
Place of Publication:Boca Raton, FL
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

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Description:1 online resource : : text file, PDF

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781482279955, 1482279959
DOI:10.1201/9781482279955
oclc:on1027776734
LC Classification:S590
Dewey Decimal:631.4

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; PART I: SOIL: A SITE OF EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER; 1: Constituents and Organisation of Soil; 2: Reactivity of Soil: Chemical Properties; 3: Transport in Soil; 4: Soil and Exchanges with the Plant Cover; PART II: BIOTRANSFORMATION OF SOIL; 5: Biotransformation of Carbon and Nitrogen; 6: Micro-organisms in the Transformation of Minerals: Effect on Formation, Functioning and Development of Soils; 7: The Rhizosphere; PART III: CONSEQUENCES OF EXPLOITATION OF SOILS BY MAN; 8: Salinisation of Soils.

9: Erosion of Cultivated Soils by Water in Temperate Conditions10: Sources of Soil Pollution; 11: Contamination of Soils by Heavy Metals and Other Trace Elements; PART IV: BETTER SOIL MANAGEMENT; 12: Use of Pesticides and Fertilisers in Agriculture; 13: Purifying Functions of Soil and their Limits; Annexure: Soil Quality Observatory: A Management Tool for Agriculture, an Instrument for Monitoring Ecological Systems.