Call number:
PIK L 110-11-0182
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Part One: Fundamentals of Soil Formation and Properties of Soils ; 1. Principles of soil formation ; 2. Mineral part of soil and its origin ; 3. Soil physics ; 4. Soil chemistry ; 5. Physical chemistry of soils ; 6. Soil biochemistry ; 7. Elementary processes of soil formation ; Part Two: Natural Factors of Soil Evolution ; 8. Rocks and soil formation ; 9. The relationship between weathering and soil-forming processes under tropical conditions ; 10. Biological factors of soil formation ; 11. Climate and soil formation ; 12. Soil formation as a function of relief and soil age ; Part Three: Classification and Characteristics of Main Soil Types ; 13. Fundamentals of soil classification ; 14. Experience in grouping the soils in the tropics and subtropics ; 15. Siallitic neutral-alkaline soils ; 16. Allitic (ferrallitic) soils ; 17. Podzolic ferrallitic tropical soils ; 18. Yellow quartz-allitic soils ; 19. Red ferritic soils ; 20. Volcanic soils (Andosols) ; 21. Hydromorphic soils (Gleysols) ; 22. Saline (Halomorphic) soils ; 23. Alluvial soils ; 24. Problems of soil conservation ; 25. Problems of soil fertility improvement ; 26. Soil cartography and its practical importance
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
422 S. : graph. Darst.
Uniform Title:
Osnovy tropičeskogo počvovedenija
Language:
English
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
