TY - BOOK ID - 88203684 TI - Vertisols and technologies for their management AU - Ahmad, N. AU - Mermut, A. R. PY - 1996 SN - 9780444887894 044488789X 9780080543529 0080543529 9786611057534 1281057533 PB - Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, DB - UniCat KW - Vertisols KW - soil genesis KW - classification. KW - classification KW - soil chemicophysical properties KW - soil morphological features KW - Soil water regimes KW - Water resources KW - resource management KW - Erosion. KW - Erosion KW - Oryza KW - Upland rice KW - Wetland rice KW - Cultivation KW - Geographical distribution KW - Tropical zones KW - Cold zones KW - USA KW - India KW - Australia KW - Africa KW - Caribbean KW - Vertisols. KW - Soil management. KW - Soils KW - Soil science KW - Agronomy KW - Shrink-swell soils KW - Swell-shrink soils KW - Management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:88203684 AB - Vertisols, one of the eleven established soil orders, are clay soils with unusual and interesting properties. They cover more than 350 million hectares of land in the world and in tropical Africa alone there are over 100 million hectares. Because of their very small particle size and high surface area, these soils have higher physical and chemical reactivity than other soils. Their interaction with agrochemicals/industrial wastes, has been, increasingly, the subject of research especially in the last two decades. Vertisols create special problems when used for engineering purposes. This book ER -