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Quantifying and Managing Soil Functions in Earth’s Critical Zone
Combining Experimentation and Mathematical Modelling
- 1st Edition, Volume 142 - February 18, 2017
- Editors: Donald L. Sparks, Steven A. Banwart
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 2 2 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 2 2 3 - 5
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Chapter One: Soil Functions in Earth's Critical Zone: Key Results and Conclusions
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Research Methods
- 3 Overview of Results
- 4 Discussion
- Acknowledgment
Chapter Two: Soil Water Characteristics of European SoilTrEC Critical Zone Observatories
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Material and Methods
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Appendix
Chapter Three: Reduced Subsurface Lateral Flow in Agroforestry System Is Balanced by Increased Water Retention Capacity: Rainfall Simulation and Model Validation
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Materials and Methods
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Four: Interception of Subsurface Lateral Flow Through Enhanced Vertical Preferential Flow in an Agroforestry System Observed Using Dye-Tracing and Rainfall Simulation Experiments
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Materials and Methods
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Five: Effects of Dry and Wet Sieving of Soil on Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Community Composition
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Materials and Methods
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
Chapter Six: Soil Mineralogy Changes With Different Agricultural Practices During 8-Year Soil Development From the Parent Material of a Mollisol
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Material and Methods
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Seven: Modeling Soil Aggregation at the Early Pedogenesis Stage From the Parent Material of a Mollisol Under Different Agricultural Practices
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Materials and Methods
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Eight: Quantifying the Incipient Development of Soil Structure and Functions Within a Glacial Forefield Chronosequence
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Site Description
- 3 Site Sampling and Analytical Methods
- 4 Input Parameters
- 5 Model Calibration
- 6 Results
- 7 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Nine: Factors Controlling Soil Structure Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration Across Different Climatic and Lithological Conditions
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methodology and Methods
- 3 Results and Discussion
- 4 Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
Chapter Ten: Integrated Critical Zone Model (1D-ICZ): A Tool for Dynamic Simulation of Soil Functions and Soil Structure
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methodology
- 3 Results and Discussion
- 4 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Eleven: Modeling the Impact of Carbon Amendments on Soil Ecosystem Functions Using the 1D-ICZ Model
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Materials and Methods
- 3 Results
- 4 Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
Chapter Twelve: Valuation of Soil Ecosystem Services
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methodology
- 3 Results
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Thirteen: European Contribution Towards a Global Assessment of Agricultural Soil Organic Carbon Stocks
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Data and Methods
- 3 Results and Discussion
- 4 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix Agricultural Soil Organic Carbon Stocks, Countries
- No. of pages: 440
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 142
- Published: February 18, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128122228
- eBook ISBN: 9780128122235
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Donald L. Sparks
DONALD L. SPARKS is the Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair and Francis Alison Professor at the University of Delaware. He is internationally recognized for his research in the areas of kinetics of biogeochemical processes and surface chemistry of natural materials. His research has focused on fate and transport of trace metals in soil and water, soil remediation, water quality, and carbon sequestration in soils. Dr. Sparks is the author of two previous editions of Environmental Soil Chemistry and more than 350 refereed papers and book chapters. He is fellow of five scientific societies, and he has been the recipient of major awards and lectureships including the Geochemistry Medal from the American Chemical Society, the Liebig Medal from the International Union of Soil Sciences, the Einstein Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Philippe Duchaufour Medal from the European Geosciences Union. Dr. Sparks served as president of the Soil Science Society of America and the International Union of Soil Sciences, has served on advisory committees for several national laboratories and national and international centers and institutes, and served as chair of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee for Soil Sciences and other NAS Committees.
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Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USARead Quantifying and Managing Soil Functions in Earth’s Critical Zone on ScienceDirect