Encyclopedia of Soil Science - Second edition

Hard Cover  2060 pages, Illustrated  ISBN 0849338301      £400.00

"a great book that should be on the library shelf in every soil science department. a very commendable effort for which the editor and all involved need to be congratulated."
Geoderma

Provides complete information on chemistry, analysis, and evaluation of soils and geography and focuses on agriculture development in the third world, particularly through research on sustainable management of natural resources, soil productivity and environmental quality. Offers tools to restore and reinvigorate highly compromised soil! In detailed contributions from more than 400 esteemed international authorities across nearly 400 entries, plus over 1,000 illustrations, the Encyclopedia:

• outlines the agricultural, environmental, industrial, and cultural components that affect soil productivity
• advances the design of new control and purification strategies for soils in a wide variety of environments
• discusses all branches of soil science, from mineralogy and physics to soil management and restoration

Acid Mine Drainage
Acid Rain and N Deposition
Bacteria
Biodiversity and Sustainability
Calcification
Calcium
Degradation, Food Security on a Local/Eco-Regional Scale and
Degradation, Food Security, Poverty and
Economics of Soil Management in the United States
Enchytraeidae
Fluid Flow, Challenges Modeling
Forest Ecosystems, Nutrient Cycling in
Gas and Vapor Phase Transport
Gelisols
Heavy Metals
History to Early-mid 20th Century
Industrial Waste
Infiltration Properties
Land Capability Classification
Landscape Classification
Manure, Compost, and Biosolids
Metal-Clay Interactions
Nutrient Deficiency and Toxicity Symptoms
Nutrient Diffusion, Bioavailability and Plant Uptake
Organic Matter Structure and Characterization
Organic Matter, Global Distribution in World Ecosystems
Pedogenic Silica Accumulation
Permafrost: Soil Temperature/Special Problems
Quality, Critical Limits and Standardization
Quality, Soil and Water
Raindrop Impact and Splash Erosion
Raised-Bed Cultivation
Sodic Soils, Processes, Characteristics and Classification of Sodium-Affected Soils in Humid Areas
Terrace Relationships: Tillage Erosion
Testing
Urban Soils and Construction Sites
Volatilization of Ammonia from Agricultural Soils
Water Erosion Measurement Techniques
Water Use Efficiency