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Zusatztext "This is a solid undergraduate textbook on some of the critical soil environment issues facing society." - Edmund Perfect! Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences! University of Tennessee! in Vadose Zone Journal! August 2009! Vol. 8! No. 3 Informationen zum Autor Gary M. Pierzynski, George F. Vance, Thomas J. Sims Klappentext Soils and Environmental Quality, Third Edition explores environmental quality from the perspective of soil science and potential interactions with the atmosphere and hydrosphere. This textbook offers graduate and upper-level undergraduate students an overview of basic soil science, hydrology, atmospheric chemistry, the classification of pollutants, and the fundamentals of soil, plant, and water analysis. It reviews the concept of human and ecological risk assessment using several contemporary examples, such as pesticide concentrations in drinking water and the contamination of soils by trace elements in organic by-products. Students in soil science, chemistry, biology, geology, and other disciplines will gain valuable insight from this multifaceted text. Zusammenfassung Explores environmental quality from the perspective of soil science and potential interactions with the atmosphere and hydrosphere. This book offers graduate and upper-level undergraduate students an overview of basic soil science, hydrology, atmospheric chemistry, pollutant classification, and the fundamentals of soil, plant, and water analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to Environmental Quality. Our Environment: Atmosphere and Hydrosphere. Our Environment: Soil Ecosystems. Environmental Testing: Soils, Waters, Plants, Wastes, Organics. Soil Nitrogen and Environmental quality. Soil Phosphorus and Environmental Quality. Soil Sulfur and Environmental Quality. Nutrient Management Planning. Trace Elements. Organic Chemicals in the Environment. The Atmosphere: Global Climate Change and Acidic Deposition. Remediation of Soil and Ground water. Risk Assessment....
