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Elsevier's Dictionary of Soil Science
Edited by A. Canarache, I.I. Vintila, I. Munteanu
Elsevier
October 2006
Hardback 1360 pp ISBN 9780444824783
£76.00
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This dictionary includes some 9200 terms, each with a definition and often and additional
descriptive text in English, the terms being translated in French, German and Spanish. It is more
complete than similar previously published dictionaries or glossaries, and contains all fields of soil
science as well
as some adjacent fields of other earth sciences, agriculture and engineering. Present concepts
and definitions are detailed along with earlier concepts, not only for historical reasons but also
for developing new ideas. Concepts, terms and definitions usual in literature of various countries are
discussed and compared, to offer an appropriate exchange of ideas. Soil classifications and
methodologies for soil investigation coming from a score of European, American and other countries
and international organisations are presented, and correlations between names of soil taxa in
different classifications are suggested. Readers active in all branches of soil science will find accessible
answers to many of their questions, either directly referring to procedures used in the organisations where
they work, or related to way of thinking in other countries. Readers active in other branches, but needing
information on soils, will also find answers to this dictionary of great assistance to their research.
Of interst to specialists in various branches of soil science: soil survey,
soil genesis, soil morphology and classification, soil physics and
chemistry, soil biology, soil mineralogy and micromorphology, land use and
soil technology, land evaluation, soil degradation and reclamation. It is also useful to
people active in connected basic sciences as geology, geography, hydrology and ecology, or applied
sciences as agronomy, forestry, machinery and fertilisers industry, etc.
Contents
Over 9200 terms with definitions in English and translations in French, German, Spanish
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