Environmental Soil Science

Informationen zum Autor Kim H. Tan Klappentext Reworked to be up to date with current standards, this new edition of a bestseller provides comprehensive and authoritative information on environmental issues in soil science. Zusammenfassung Offers comprehensive information on environmental issues in soil science. This work includes such topics as effects of agricultural operations on changing soils properties and the environment, beneficial organisms and their role in nutrient cycling, organic farming, advances in agricultural biotechnology, soil contamination, and soil conservation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Soils and the Environment. Inorganic Soil Constituents. Organic Soil Constituents. Gas Phase in Soils. Liquid Phase. Soil Physics in the Environment. Electrochemical Properties of Solid Constituents. Soils and Crop Production. Soilless Agriculture. Biotechnology in Soil Science and Agriculture. Soil and Pollution. Appendices. References and Additional Readings. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Kim H. Tan, Kim H. (Professor Emeritus Tan, Tan Kim H.
• Assisted by: Kim H. Tan (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2009
• EAN: 9781420072808
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-7280-8
• No. of pages: 588
• Series: Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment; Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Soil science, sedimentology, Sedimentology and pedology