TY - BOOK ID - 17229237 TI - Soil formation AU - Breemen, N. van. AU - Buurman, P. PY - 2002 SN - 1402007183 9781402007187 0306481634 PB - Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, DB - UniCat KW - Soil formation KW - Soil formation. KW - Sols KW - Formation KW - EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B KW - Environment. KW - Geochemistry. KW - Soil science. KW - Soil conservation. KW - Soil Science & Conservation. KW - Chemical composition of the earth KW - Chemical geology KW - Geological chemistry KW - Geology, Chemical KW - Chemistry KW - Earth sciences KW - Conservation of soil KW - Erosion control, Soil KW - Soil erosion KW - Soil erosion control KW - Soils KW - Agricultural conservation KW - Soil management KW - Pedology (Soil science) KW - Agriculture KW - Control KW - Prevention KW - Conservation KW - Formation, Soil KW - Pedogenesis KW - Soil genesis KW - Weathering UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17229237 AB - Soil Formation deals with qualitative and quantitative aspects of soil formation (or pedogenesis) and the underlying chemical, biological, and physical processes. The starting point of the text is the process - and not soil classification. Effects of weathering and new formation of minerals, mobilisation, transport, and breakdown or immobilisation of dissolved and suspended compounds are discussed. Soil processes and profiles are discussed in relation to the landscape, the geosphere, and the biosphere. Emphasis lies on the universality of soil-forming processes in past and present, and on the soil as a dynamic entity that forms part of the total environment. Complexity of genetic processes in time and space is given much attention. The text gives many examples from literature and places some in a new light. The reader is guided through the subject matter by a large number of questions and problems to help understand and synthesis the material. Answers to all questions are included. This second edition has been updated to reflect recent discoveries. Printing errors have been corrected, and new photographs support the text. ER -