Description

The top, weathered layer of the earth's crust is known as the soil. Being dynamic, it is always undergoing changes in its physical, chemical, and biological makeup. As a result of numerous weathering processes, soils are formed from parent material. As crucial to soil formation as weathering is the accumulation, breakdown, and humification of organic materials. The macro-scale patterns of soil formation pay particular attention to the following key soil forming processes: laterization, podsolization, calcification, salinization, and gleization. Unmatched information on soil development and categorization may be found in this book. This publication covers information on new classification schemes, cutting-edge technology, databases, and a variety of soil profiles. In addition to serving as a superb reference for soil scientists, agricultural and natural resources engineers and economists, and others in related fields like ecology, natural resources, and land use and planning, this comprehensive work addresses the wide range of needs of soil science instructors, majors, minors, and graduate students. Everybody working in soil science and related subjects will need to have a copy of this book as a reference.