This book is an introduction to soil science and describes the development of soils, their charac- teristics and their material composition as well as their functions in terrestrial and aquatic environ- ments. Soil functions include the delivery of goods and services for the human society, such as food, clean water, and the maintenance of biodiversity. The book is profusely illustrated with many col- oured figures and tables to accompany the text and ease its understanding. Particularly, the chapter on soil classification, based on the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), includes numer- ous coloured pictures to facilitate understanding the characteristics of particular soil types. Chap- ters on soil protection and remediation as well as on soil monitoring and the history of soil sciences conclude the book together with a very comprehen- sive alphabetical index, allowing for a quick and easy orientation about the most important terms in soil sciences. This very concise and at the same time comprehen- sive publication addresses all those, who want to orient themselves about soils, their functions, their importance in terrestrial and aquatic environments and their contribution to the actual and future de- velopment of the human society, such as teachers, practitioners and students in the fields of agricul- ture, forestry, gardening, terrestrial and aquatic ecology and environmental engineering, and of course, beginning students of soil science. Winfried E. Blum • Peter Schad • Stephen Nortcliff Essentials of Soil Science Soil formation, functions, use and classifi- cation (World Reference Base, WRB) 2018. 171 pp., 101 figures, 22 tables, 17 x 24 cm, softcover ISBN 978-3-443-01090-4 27.90 € borntraeger-cramer.com/9783443010904 Classroom sets of 10 and 20 copies available: Order No. for 10 copies: 001201611 Order No. for 20 copies: 001201621 Borntraeger Science Publishers B Johannesstr. 3A, 70176 Stuttgart; Germany Tel. +49 (711) 351456-0 Fax. +49 (711) 351456-99 [email protected]www.borntraeger-cramer.com Blum • Schad • Nortcliff: Essentials of Soil Science B 1.1 Definition of soil 13 1 Introduction 1.1 Definition of soil pedo- sphere 1.2 Soil functions Figure 1: Arbitrary division of a section from the pedosphere into pedons, left: idealized pedon with soil profile. 14 1 Introduction 1.3 Soil science soil groundwater air human health culture biodiversity surface water biomass production (e.g. food) Figure 2: Soil functions for humans and the environment. with soil profile. 3.1 Physical properties of soils 59 Particle-size distribution Figure 31: Pore system of a Ferralsol (5.2.6) in the electron microscope, scale in the image. Figure 32: Example of the partitioning (by volume) of a soil with the texture class sandy loam as a function of depth within the soil profile. 58 3 Soil characteristics 3.1.2.1 Soil pore volume solid volume pore vol- ume Coarse pores Medium-sized pores Fine pores Figure 30: Pore system as a continuum. Most soil processes occur between pore walls (humic substances, clay minerals, oxides etc.) and pore content. afunctionof depthwithinthesoil profile. 5.2 The major soils of the world 119 5.2.8 Soils with specific physical properties spodic horizon vitric properties andic properties andic properties andic properties Figure 78: Eutric Rubic Arenosol, Chile (Photo: P. Schad) Figure 79: Dystric Silandic Ando- sol, Indonesia (Photo: P. Schad) 118 5 Soil Classification spodic horizon Figure 76: Bog (Ombric Histosol) over fen (Rheic Histosol) and bog over Podzol. Figure 75: Building of a fen (Rheic Histosol) (siltation progresses from left to right). Figure 77: Albic Podzol, Germany (Photo: P. Schad) sample pages
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This book is an introduction to soil science and describes the development of soils, their charac-teristics and their material composition as well as their functions in terrestrial and aquatic environ-ments. Soil functions include the delivery of goods and services for the human society, such as food, clean water, and the maintenance of biodiversity. The book is profusely illustrated with many col-oured fi gures and tables to accompany the text and ease its understanding. Particularly, the chapter on soil classifi cation, based on the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), includes numer-ous coloured pictures to facilitate understanding the characteristics of particular soil types. Chap-ters on soil protection and remediation as well as on soil monitoring and the history of soil sciences conclude the book together with a very comprehen-sive alphabetical index, allowing for a quick and easy orientation about the most important terms in soil sciences.
This very concise and at the same time comprehen-sive publication addresses all those, who want to orient themselves about soils, their functions, their importance in terrestrial and aquatic environments and their contribution to the actual and future de-velopment of the human society, such as teachers, practitioners and students in the fi elds of agricul-ture, forestry, gardening, terrestrial and aquatic ecology and environmental engineering, and of course, beginning students of soil science.
Winfried E. Blum • Peter Schad • Stephen Nortcliff
Essentials of Soil ScienceSoil formation, functions, use and classifi -cation (World Reference Base, WRB)2018. 171 pp., 101 fi gures, 22 tables, 17 x 24 cm, softcover ISBN 978-3-443-01090-4 27.90 €borntraeger-cramer.com/9783443010904Classroom sets of 10 and 20 copies available: Order No. for 10 copies: 001201611
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Parent material (parent rock) of soils • Climate • Relief and gravity • Biota (vegetation, animals, microorganisms) • The human impact on soils • Interaction of the soil-forming factors over time
Factor systems • Property-based systems • Combined systems • The International Soil Classifi cation System WRB
5.2 The major soils of the world. . . . . . . . . . . . 104Soils with initial to intermediate soil formation • Soils with reducing conditions • Soils with relatively higher clay contents in the subsoil • Soils with thick dark mineral topsoil horizons • Soils of arid and semi-arid regions • Strongly weathered tropical soils • Soils typical for polar and boreal zones • Soils with specifi c physical properties • Anthropogenic soils
5.3 Regional distribution of soils . . . . . . . . . . . 122How soils are associated with each other • Soil maps
6 Soils in the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1296.1 Humans and the environment . . . . . . . . . 1296.2 Six major soil functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Ecological functions of soils • Technical-industrial, socio-economic and cultural functions of soils
6.3 Competing soil functions as a key to understanding soil conservation . . . . . . . . 131
6.4 Threats to soil functions – soil loss and soil pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Soil development and history of land use • Soil loss caused by infrastructural measures • Soil pollution • Summary: soil loss, soil pollution •
6.5 Soil protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Evaluation of soil loss and soil pollution • Principles of soil protection • Operational measures for soil protection • European soil protection strategy
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