Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment
- 1st Edition - October 23, 2004
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Daniel Hillel
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 4 8 5 3 0 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 4 7 9 5 - 4
More than ever before, a compelling need exists for an encyclopedic resource about soil — the rich mix of mineral particles, organic matter, gases, and soluble compounds that fo… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMore than ever before, a compelling need exists for an encyclopedic resource about soil — the rich mix of mineral particles, organic matter, gases, and soluble compounds that foster both plant and animal growth. Civilization depends more on the soil as human populations continue to grow and increasing demands are placed upon available resources. The Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment is a comprehensive and integrated consideration of a topic of vital importance to human societies in the past, present, and future.
This important work encompasses the present knowledge of the world's variegated soils, their origins, properties, classification, and roles in the biosphere. A team of outstanding, international contributors has written over 250 entries that cover a broad range of issues facing today's soil scientists, ecologists, and environmental scientists. This four-volume set features thorough articles that survey specific aspects of soil biology, ecology, chemistry and physics. Rounding out the encyclopedia's excellent coverage, contributions cover cross-disciplinary subjects, such as the history of soil utilization for agricultural and engineering purposes and soils in relation to the remediation of pollution and the mitigation of global climate change.
This comprehensive, yet accessible source is a valuable addition to the library of scientists, researchers, students, and policy makers involved in soil science, ecology, and environmental science.
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- A distinguished international group of editors and contributors
- Well-organized encyclopedic format providing concise, readable entries, easy searches, and thorough cross-references
- Abundant visual resources — photographs, figures, tables, and graphs — in every entry
- Complete up-to-date coverage of many important topics — essential information for scientists, students and professionals alike
Researchers, scientists and professionals in the soil sciences, earth sciences, agronomy, and ecology
Contents Include:*
PEDOLOGY, SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND SURVEY
Alluvium and Alluvial Soils
Classification Systems: Australian
Classification Systems: FAO
Classification of Soils: General Principles
Classification Systems: Russian
Cold Region Soils
Color as a Soil Property
Dynamic Pedology
Factors of Soil Formation: Biota
Factors of Soil Formation: Climate
Factors of Soil Formation: Human Impacts on Soil Formation
Factors of Soil Formation: Parent Material
Factors of Soil Formation: Time
Factors of Soil Formation: Topography
Forest Soils
Grassland Soils
Hydric Soils
Inceptisols
Loess
Mediterranean Soils
Morphology of Soil
Organic Soils
Paleosols
Pedology: Definition and Overview
Pedometrics
Polar Soils
Taxonomy of Soils
Temperate Region Soils
Tropical Soils: Arid and Semiarid Soils
Tropical Soils: Humid Tropical Soil
Volcanic Soils
World Soil Map
SOIL AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Acid Rain and Soil Acidification
Carbon Emissions and Sequestration
Climate Change Impacts
Climate Models: The Role of Soil
Degradation of Soils
Desertification
Environmental Monitoring
Eutrophication
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Groundwater Pollution
Heavy Metals in Soils
Hydrocarbons in Soils
Industrial Pollution
Isotopic Methods in Soil and Plant Investigation
Land Disposal of Wastes
Land Use and Land-Use Change
Nitrate Pollution in Soils and Groundwater
Nitrogen Deposition
Nuclear Waste Disposal
Organic Pollutants
Pesticides in Soils
Remediation of Polluted Soils
Septic Systems
Wastewater Application to the Land
Wetlands: Constructed and Managed
Wetlands: Naturally Occurring
SOIL BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
Aggregation: Microbial Aspects
Archaea
Bacteria in Soils
Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens
Biodegradation of Pollutants and Pesticides
Biodiversity in Soils
Compost
Decomposition of Organic Residues
Denitrification
Earthworms
Enzymes in Soils
Fauna in Soil
Food Web Interactions
Fungi
Germination and Seeding Establishment
Humification: The Role of Microorganisms
Innoculation with Microorganisms
Kinetics of Microbial Processes
Metals and Metalloids: Transformation by Microorganisms
Microbial Activity: The Regulation of Environmental Factors
Microbial Community Analysis
Mycorrhizal Fungi
Nematodes
Nitrification
Nitrogen Fixation: Symbiotic
Nitrogen Uptake by Plants
Phosphorus: Biological Transformations
Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria
Plant-Water Relations
Polymeric Substances and Microorganisms
Protozoa
Rhizosphere
Root Architecture and Growth
Root Exudates and Microorganisms
Soil Biological Crusts
Spatial Patterns
Sulfur: Biological Transformations
Toxins in Soils: Effects on Microorganisms
Vadose Zone: Microbial Ecology
Viruses
SOIL CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY
Acidity of Soils
Aluminum Speciation
Ammonia in Soils
Amorphous Materials in Soils
Anaerobic Soils: Anaerobiosis
Buffering Capacity
Calcareous and Gypsum Containing Soils
Carbon Cycle in Soils
Cation Exchange
Chemical Equilibria in Soils
Clay Minerals
Colloid Facilitated Sorption/Transport
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Fluorecence Spectroscopy
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Heavy Metals in Soils
Kinetic Models
Kinetics of Dissolution
Kinetics of Redox Reactions
Kinetics of Sorption/Desorption
Metal Oxides in Soils
Microbially-Mediated Redox Processes
Mineral-Organic Matter: Microbe Interactions
Nitrogen Cycle
Organic Matter
Organic Matter Genesis and Formation
Oxidation-Reduction of Inorganic and Organic Contaminants
pH of Soils
Physical Effects of Soil Salinity
Points of Zero Charge
Precipitation-Dissolution Processes
Primary Soil Minerals
Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils
Redox Potential
Salination Processes
Sodic Soils
Soil Organic Matter-Metal Interactions
Sorption of Metals
Sorption of Organic Chemicals
Sorption of Oxyanions
Sulfur in Soils
Sulfur Nutrition
Surface Complexation Modeling
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
SOIL FERTILITY
Calcium and Magnesium in Soil
Essential Elements
Fertigation
Fertility of Soils
Fertilizers and Fertilization
Foliar Applications of Nutrients
Iron Nutrition
Liming of Soils
Manures and Manuring
Micronutrients in Soils
Nutrient Availability
Nutrient Management
Phosphorus in Soils
Phytotoxic Substances in Soils
Potassium in Soils
Productivity of Soils
SOIL MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
Agroforestry
Compaction
Conservation Tillage
Cover Crops
Crop Residue Management
Crop Rotations
Crop Water Requirements
Cultivation and Tillage
Disinfestation of Soil
Dryland Farming: Rainfed Agriculture
Edaphology
Erosion: Irrigation-Induced
Erosion: Measurement and Quantification
Erosion: Water Erosion
Erosion: Wind Erosion
Freeze-Thaw Cycles
Irrigated Agriculture and Environmental Consequences
Irrigation: Methods
Land Use Classification
Manure Management
Mulches
Nutrient Management: Macronutrients
Nutrient Management: Micronutrients
Organic Farming
Paddy Soils
Precipitation
Quality of Soil
Range Management
Remote Sensing
Salinity Management
Shifting Cultivation
Site-Specific Soil Management
Subsoiling
Sustainable Soil and Land Management
Terraces and Terracing
Testing of Soils
Tilth
Urban Soils
Water Harvesting
Watershed Management
Weed Management
Windbreaks and Shelterbelts
Zone Tillage
SOIL PHYSICS AND HYDROLOGY
Aeration of Soils
Aggregation: Physical Aspects
Capillarity
Conditioners
Crusts
Darcy's Law
Diffusion
Drainage, Surface and Subsurface
Energy Balance
Evaporation of Water from Bare Soil
Evapotranspiration
Flocculation and Dispersion
Freezing Processes
Groundwater and Aquifers
Heat and Moisture Transport
Hydraulic Properties of Soils: Temperature Effects
Hydrodynamics
Hydrophobic Soils
Hysteresis
Immiscible Fluids in Soils
Infiltration
Isotropy and Anisotropy
Leaching Processes
Lysimetry
Macropores and Macropore Flow
Neutron Scattering: Soil Moisture
Overland Flow
Penman-Monteith Equation
Plant-Soil-Water Relations
Porosity and Pore Size Distribution
Radiation Balance
Sand Dunes
Scaling of Soil Physical Properties and Processes
Scaling of Transport Processes
Soil Water Potential
Soil Water Retention and Characteristic Curve
Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum
Soil-Water Content and Potential: Measurement
Solute Transport
Spatial Variation: Soil Properties
Specific Surface Area of Soils
Stochastic Analysis of Soil Processes
Stress-Strain and Soil Strength
Structure of Soils
Swelling and Shrinking of Soils
Tensiometry
Texture
Thermal Properties and Processes of Soil
Thermodynamics of Soil Water
Time-Domain Reflectometry
Unstable Flow
Vadose Zone: Hydrologic Processes
Water Cycle
Water: Properties
Water-Use Efficiency
*Contents subject to change prior to publication.
PEDOLOGY, SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND SURVEY
Alluvium and Alluvial Soils
Classification Systems: Australian
Classification Systems: FAO
Classification of Soils: General Principles
Classification Systems: Russian
Cold Region Soils
Color as a Soil Property
Dynamic Pedology
Factors of Soil Formation: Biota
Factors of Soil Formation: Climate
Factors of Soil Formation: Human Impacts on Soil Formation
Factors of Soil Formation: Parent Material
Factors of Soil Formation: Time
Factors of Soil Formation: Topography
Forest Soils
Grassland Soils
Hydric Soils
Inceptisols
Loess
Mediterranean Soils
Morphology of Soil
Organic Soils
Paleosols
Pedology: Definition and Overview
Pedometrics
Polar Soils
Taxonomy of Soils
Temperate Region Soils
Tropical Soils: Arid and Semiarid Soils
Tropical Soils: Humid Tropical Soil
Volcanic Soils
World Soil Map
SOIL AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Acid Rain and Soil Acidification
Carbon Emissions and Sequestration
Climate Change Impacts
Climate Models: The Role of Soil
Degradation of Soils
Desertification
Environmental Monitoring
Eutrophication
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Groundwater Pollution
Heavy Metals in Soils
Hydrocarbons in Soils
Industrial Pollution
Isotopic Methods in Soil and Plant Investigation
Land Disposal of Wastes
Land Use and Land-Use Change
Nitrate Pollution in Soils and Groundwater
Nitrogen Deposition
Nuclear Waste Disposal
Organic Pollutants
Pesticides in Soils
Remediation of Polluted Soils
Septic Systems
Wastewater Application to the Land
Wetlands: Constructed and Managed
Wetlands: Naturally Occurring
SOIL BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
Aggregation: Microbial Aspects
Archaea
Bacteria in Soils
Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens
Biodegradation of Pollutants and Pesticides
Biodiversity in Soils
Compost
Decomposition of Organic Residues
Denitrification
Earthworms
Enzymes in Soils
Fauna in Soil
Food Web Interactions
Fungi
Germination and Seeding Establishment
Humification: The Role of Microorganisms
Innoculation with Microorganisms
Kinetics of Microbial Processes
Metals and Metalloids: Transformation by Microorganisms
Microbial Activity: The Regulation of Environmental Factors
Microbial Community Analysis
Mycorrhizal Fungi
Nematodes
Nitrification
Nitrogen Fixation: Symbiotic
Nitrogen Uptake by Plants
Phosphorus: Biological Transformations
Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria
Plant-Water Relations
Polymeric Substances and Microorganisms
Protozoa
Rhizosphere
Root Architecture and Growth
Root Exudates and Microorganisms
Soil Biological Crusts
Spatial Patterns
Sulfur: Biological Transformations
Toxins in Soils: Effects on Microorganisms
Vadose Zone: Microbial Ecology
Viruses
SOIL CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY
Acidity of Soils
Aluminum Speciation
Ammonia in Soils
Amorphous Materials in Soils
Anaerobic Soils: Anaerobiosis
Buffering Capacity
Calcareous and Gypsum Containing Soils
Carbon Cycle in Soils
Cation Exchange
Chemical Equilibria in Soils
Clay Minerals
Colloid Facilitated Sorption/Transport
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Fluorecence Spectroscopy
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Heavy Metals in Soils
Kinetic Models
Kinetics of Dissolution
Kinetics of Redox Reactions
Kinetics of Sorption/Desorption
Metal Oxides in Soils
Microbially-Mediated Redox Processes
Mineral-Organic Matter: Microbe Interactions
Nitrogen Cycle
Organic Matter
Organic Matter Genesis and Formation
Oxidation-Reduction of Inorganic and Organic Contaminants
pH of Soils
Physical Effects of Soil Salinity
Points of Zero Charge
Precipitation-Dissolution Processes
Primary Soil Minerals
Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils
Redox Potential
Salination Processes
Sodic Soils
Soil Organic Matter-Metal Interactions
Sorption of Metals
Sorption of Organic Chemicals
Sorption of Oxyanions
Sulfur in Soils
Sulfur Nutrition
Surface Complexation Modeling
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
SOIL FERTILITY
Calcium and Magnesium in Soil
Essential Elements
Fertigation
Fertility of Soils
Fertilizers and Fertilization
Foliar Applications of Nutrients
Iron Nutrition
Liming of Soils
Manures and Manuring
Micronutrients in Soils
Nutrient Availability
Nutrient Management
Phosphorus in Soils
Phytotoxic Substances in Soils
Potassium in Soils
Productivity of Soils
SOIL MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
Agroforestry
Compaction
Conservation Tillage
Cover Crops
Crop Residue Management
Crop Rotations
Crop Water Requirements
Cultivation and Tillage
Disinfestation of Soil
Dryland Farming: Rainfed Agriculture
Edaphology
Erosion: Irrigation-Induced
Erosion: Measurement and Quantification
Erosion: Water Erosion
Erosion: Wind Erosion
Freeze-Thaw Cycles
Irrigated Agriculture and Environmental Consequences
Irrigation: Methods
Land Use Classification
Manure Management
Mulches
Nutrient Management: Macronutrients
Nutrient Management: Micronutrients
Organic Farming
Paddy Soils
Precipitation
Quality of Soil
Range Management
Remote Sensing
Salinity Management
Shifting Cultivation
Site-Specific Soil Management
Subsoiling
Sustainable Soil and Land Management
Terraces and Terracing
Testing of Soils
Tilth
Urban Soils
Water Harvesting
Watershed Management
Weed Management
Windbreaks and Shelterbelts
Zone Tillage
SOIL PHYSICS AND HYDROLOGY
Aeration of Soils
Aggregation: Physical Aspects
Capillarity
Conditioners
Crusts
Darcy's Law
Diffusion
Drainage, Surface and Subsurface
Energy Balance
Evaporation of Water from Bare Soil
Evapotranspiration
Flocculation and Dispersion
Freezing Processes
Groundwater and Aquifers
Heat and Moisture Transport
Hydraulic Properties of Soils: Temperature Effects
Hydrodynamics
Hydrophobic Soils
Hysteresis
Immiscible Fluids in Soils
Infiltration
Isotropy and Anisotropy
Leaching Processes
Lysimetry
Macropores and Macropore Flow
Neutron Scattering: Soil Moisture
Overland Flow
Penman-Monteith Equation
Plant-Soil-Water Relations
Porosity and Pore Size Distribution
Radiation Balance
Sand Dunes
Scaling of Soil Physical Properties and Processes
Scaling of Transport Processes
Soil Water Potential
Soil Water Retention and Characteristic Curve
Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum
Soil-Water Content and Potential: Measurement
Solute Transport
Spatial Variation: Soil Properties
Specific Surface Area of Soils
Stochastic Analysis of Soil Processes
Stress-Strain and Soil Strength
Structure of Soils
Swelling and Shrinking of Soils
Tensiometry
Texture
Thermal Properties and Processes of Soil
Thermodynamics of Soil Water
Time-Domain Reflectometry
Unstable Flow
Vadose Zone: Hydrologic Processes
Water Cycle
Water: Properties
Water-Use Efficiency
*Contents subject to change prior to publication.
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 23, 2004
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123485304
- eBook ISBN: 9780080547954
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Daniel Hillel
Born in California and raised in Israel, Dr. Daniel Hillel acquired an early and lifelong love of the land and a commitment to understanding and protecting the natural environment. Through decades of work in some thirty countries, he has become an international authority on sustainable management of land and water resources. Dr. Hillel has served as professor of soil physics, hydrology and the environmental sciences at leading universities in the U.S. and abroad, and has been a consultant to the World Bank and the United Nations. Among the honors he has received are the Chancellor's Medal for Exemplary Service at the University of Massachusetts , a Guggenheim award, and Doctorates of Science honoris causa by Guelph University of Canada and Ohio State University . Dr. Hillel is an elected Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the Soil Science Society of America, and the American Society of Agronomy and was granted the Distinguished Service Award by the latter societies. He has published well over 300 scientific papers and research reports, and authored or edited twenty two books. His definitive textbooks on environmental physics have been use by universities and research institutions throughout the world and have been translated into twelve languages.
Affiliations and expertise
Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts, U.S.A.Read Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment on ScienceDirect