Soils: A New Global View

by Thomas Ronal Paton

Overview

Offers a perspective on soils as earth materials, which establishes a pedological hierarchy of materials, processes and factors, and their rationalization in terms of plate tectonics. The book should interest soil and earth scientists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857284652
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/29/1995
Series:	New Global View
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 The processes of soil formation and the resulting soil materials: weathering and leaching; new mineral formation and inheritance; bioturbation; rainwash; aeolian processes; soil creep. Part 2 The distribution of soil material: the pedological hierarchy; the soils of a continental plate centre - Australia, Africa; soils of other continental plate centres; the soil materials of continental plate margins.