Features

• Explains the function and use of soils
• Soil formation and categorization
• Details how soil evolves from natural factors and processes
• Explains how soil interfaces with ecosystems and human endeavors

Soil Genesis and Classification reviews a spectrum of soil classification systems and presents the culmination of more than two decades of testing and revisions in the U.S. Soil Taxonomy, the most detailed and comprehensive system for soil classification.

The new nomenclature and systematic structure of soil classification categories is included, as well as new analytical techniques to more quantitatively identify soil properties and define class limits in Soil Taxonomy.

Contents

1. Morphology and Composition of Soils
2. Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Formation
3. Soil as a Component of the Ecosystem
4. Space and Time in Soil Formation
5. Modern Soil Classification Systems
6. U.S. Soil Taxonomy
7. Alfisols
8. Andisols
9. Aridsols
10. Entisols
11. Gelisols
12. Histosols
13. Inceptisols
14. Mollisols
15. Oxisols
16. Spodosols
17. Ultisols
18. Vertisols
19. Spatial Arrangement of Soils
20. Interpretations of Soil Surveys and Technical Soil Classification

Index

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