Soils

Basic Concepts and Future Challenges

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This book was born as an international tribute to Fiorenzo C. Ugolini, an outstanding soil scientist who recently retired from university teaching and research. It is a fully up-to-date synthesis of the present knowledge of soils, their genesis, functions and management, and includes contributions from leading soil scientists. It provides the basic concepts as well as the latest data and practical examples from across the discipline. The book also discusses the increasingly important role of soils in enabling the preservation of life and contains a rare attempt to cross-harmonize the Soil Groups of the World Reference Base of Soil Resources with the Orders of the Soil Taxonomy. It also considers the possible existence of extraterrestrial soils based on the findings from the last space missions. This volume will be a valuable resource for researchers and students of soil science, soil conservation, geography and landscape ecology.

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'... this book covers a wide range of topics, contains useful and contemporary information for students and educators as well as for soil scientists.' Il Suolo 'This book is written with the upper level undergraduate students, graduate students, and the teaching staff in mind and should be of value to those working in the areas of soil and water conservation, pedology, geology, geography, geomorphology and landscape ecology.' Soil Science Society of America Journal 'As a student text, this book will be most useful for those final year undergraduate students who have had at least an introduction to the subject ... Novices are likely to find the concise summary of each field most helpful in itself and a gateway into the literature. The chapters are well-referenced and up to date.' European Journal of Soil Science

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Soil & Rock Mechanics

List of contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xvi
Concepts of soils	p. 1
Some Greek and Roman concepts	p. 2
The transition	p. 4
The awakening	p. 4
Genetic supremacy	p. 5
Sampling volumes	p. 7
Landscape systems	p. 9
The new millennium	p. 9
Pedogenic processes and pathways of horizon differentiation	p. 11
Horizonation processes	p. 11
Studies of soil genesis	p. 12
Surface horizons	p. 14
Subsurface horizons	p. 15
Formation of structural features in soil	p. 21
Soil phases: the inorganic solid phase	p. 23
Description	p. 23
Future prospects	p. 44
Soil phases: the organic solid phase	p. 45
Soil organic matter complex composition	p. 46
Organomineral associations	p. 51
Soil organic matter dynamics	p. 54
Soil phases: the liquid phase	p. 57
The liquid phase of soils	p. 59
Methods of soil solution characterization	p. 63
Application of soil solution studies to pedogenesis	p. 66
Conclusions	p. 73
Soil phases: the gaseous phase	p. 75
Gaseous components of soil	p. 75
Sources, sinks and transport of gases in the soil	p. 77
Agroecological evaluation of the soil air	p. 84
Gases emissions and global ecological functions of the soil	p. 85
Soil phases: the living phase	p. 91
Physiological capabilities of soil organisms	p. 92
The role of organisms for soil functions	p. 95
Aerobic and anaerobic metabolisms in soil	p. 96
The living phase indicates soil quality	p. 98
Modification of biotic communities during soil degradation	p. 100
The State Factor theory of soil formation	p. 103
The soil system	p. 105
State factors	p. 108
Importance of State Factor theory	p. 111
Factors of soil formation: parent material. As exemplified by a comparison of granitic and basaltic soils	p. 113
Mineralogical properties	p. 114
Physical properties	p. 116
Chemical properties	p. 119
Conclusions	p. 127
Factors of soil formation: climate. As exemplified by volcanic ash soils	p. 131
Global climate and soil formation	p. 132
Influences of climatic factors on soil formation based on the studies on volcanic ash soils	p. 137
Factors of soil formation: topography	p. 151
Topographic elements of landscapes	p. 151
External factors mediated by topography	p. 155
Pedogenic processes linked to topography	p. 156
Topography-based models of soil distribution	p. 162
Factors of soil formation: biota. As exemplified by case studies on the direct imprint of trees on trace metal concentrations in soils	p. 165
Approach	p. 168
Case study 1: Trace metal distribution at the soil-root interface	p. 169
Case study 2: Trace metal patterns in organic horizons	p. 175
In conclusion	p. 179
Factors of soil formation: time	p. 181
Time for horizon differentiation	p. 182
Soil development	p. 183
Holocene soil formation	p. 185
Soil age and progressive change	p. 185
Time and soil classification	p. 190
Soil formation on Earth and beyond: the role of additional soil-forming factors	p. 193
The anthropogenic factor	p. 194
Other factors of pedogenesis	p. 205
Extraterrestrial soils	p. 208
Soil functions and land use	p. 211
How to deal with future demands on our soils	p. 212
To characterize soil functions better	p. 215
Storylines: what can the soil tell us when we listen?	p. 219
In conclusion	p. 221
Physical degradation of soils	p. 223
Soil compaction	p. 224
Sealing and crusting	p. 227
Physical soil management	p. 229
Secondary effects	p. 231
Conclusions	p. 232
Chemical degradation of soils	p. 235
Chemical soil degradation processes	p. 236
Our duty	p. 253
The future of soil research	p. 255
Soils and their buffering capacities	p. 257
The soil resource	p. 258
Soil phosphorus	p. 258
Soil processes	p. 260
Nitrogen cycling	p. 261
The continued investigation of soil processes	p. 263
Naming soils and soil horizons	p. 265
References	p. 277
Index	p. 303
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