James G. Bockheim

Soil Geography of the USA

A Diagnostic-Horizon Approach

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Since 1980, our understanding of the factors and processes governing the distribution of soils on the Earth's surface has increased dramatically, as have the techniques for studying soil patterns. The approach used in this book relies on the National Resources Conservation Service databases to delineate the distribution of each of the eight diagnostic epipedons and 19 subsurface horizons, to identify the taxonomic level at which each of these horizons is used, to develop an understanding of the role of the factors and processes in their formation, and to summarize our latest understanding of their genesis. A chapter is devoted to each diagnos… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-319-06668-4
EAN: 9783319066684
Produktnummer: 16918630
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 7'389 KB
Auflage: 2014
Abbildungen: 15 schwarz-weiße und 43 farbige Abbildungen, 94 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Prof. James Bockheim is an international renown Professor in Soil Sciences at the University of Wisconsin in Madison (USA). He is specialized in pedology, biogeochemistry, forest soils, polar and alpine soils. His research interests include soils in Antarctica, paleoenvironments in Patagonia, soil properties studies to detect fault ages in southern California etc. He has been supervising 14 PhDs and in 2009, he received the Soil Science Society of America-New Zealand Soil Science Society Award.