Soil Clays - Linking Geology, Biology, Agriculture, and the Environment

List of contents

Authors Chapter 1 Introduction and Definitions Chapter 2 Soil Clays: Mineralogy Chapter 3 Geology: Defining the Starting Point for Soil and Clay Formation Chapter 4 Primary Minerals and Their Alteration by Weathering Chapter 5 Driving Forces of Alteration Chapter 6 Chemistry of Alteration by Weathering Chapter 7 Formation of Clays in the Soil Zone of Alteration 7.3 Effect of Plants on Soil Clay Assemblages Chapter 8 Nature and Origin of Surface Soil Clays Chapter 9 The Importance of Climate in the Formation of Soil Clays Chapter 10 Associations of Soil Clays Chapter 11 Occurrence and Extraction of Soil Clays Chapter 12 Identification and Quantification of Clay Minerals in Soils Chapter 13 Surfaces, Surface Reactions and Particle Size Effects Chapter 14 Role of Soil Clays in Agriculture, the Environment and Society Chapter 15 Summary Bibliography, Annex: Simplified Methods for the Interpretation of X-Ray Diffraction, Diagrams of Soil Clay Assemblages, Index

Summary

This book aims to help improve predictions of important properties of soils through a modern understanding of their highly reactive clay minerals as they are formed and occur in soils worldwide. It examines how clays occur in soils and the role of soil clays in disparate applications.

Product details

• Authors: G. Jock Churchman, G. Jock (University of Adelaide Churchman, G. Jock Velde Churchman, Churchman G. Jock, Bruce Velde
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781032091952
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3209195-2
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, environmental science, engineering & technology, Agricultural science, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Soil science, sedimentology, Soil science and management, Sedimentology and pedology