Celebrating Soil Discovering Soils and Landscapes 1st Edition by M R Balks, D Zabowski 3319326849 9783319326849

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ISBN-10 :  3319326849 

ISBN-13 :  9783319326849

Author:  M.R. Balks, D. Zabowski

This richly illustrated book celebrates the diversity, importance, and intrinsic beauty of soils around the world and helps the reader to understand the ways that soils are related to the landscapes in which they form. The book unravels the complex bond between humans and soils and the importance of soils in our cultures and everyday lives. Soil is critical to terrestrial life on earth.  It underpins human food supply and provides materials on which we build our lives.  Soil is out of sight and often out of mind, thus easy to overlook.  Yet soil has tremendous variety and intrinsic beauty for those who care to look.  Soil contains a memory of the events that have shaped the landscape and the environment.  With help you can look at a soil and understand the stories that it has to tell.    Written in a reader-friendly way, Celebrating Soil is a wonderful resource for farmers, horticulturalists, naturalists, students and others who are concerned about how soils are formed, work and are used.

Celebrating Soil Discovering Soils and Landscapes 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Soils in Harmony with the Environment
Introduction
The Environment and Soil
The Underlying Sources of Soil: Parent Materials
Topography: The Relationship Between Landscape and Soils
Climate: Hot or Cold, Wet or Dry, Soils Respond
Living Creatures: Influence on the Soils on Which They Depend
Time: It Takes Time for a Soil to Develop
Looking Deeper: Understanding the Soil Profile
Celebrating Soils in Harmony with the Environment
Chapter 2: Soils Born of Fire
Introduction
Volcanic Landscapes
Hawaii: Steam Heat and New Rock
Mount Saint Helens
Raining Mud: The 1886 Eruption of Mt. Tarawera in New Zealand
The Taupo Pumice Eruption
Jeju, Korea: A Land of Wind and Stones
Celebrating the Productivity of Volcanic Soils
Chapter 3: Soils Born of Water
Introduction
Water-Saturated Soils
Soils Formed on River Floodplains
Water Scarcity: Soils and Salt
Frozen Water: Glacial Deposits
Peatland Soils
Soils Formed in Lake Sediments
Coastal Margins: Acid Sulfate Soils, as Sour as Lemon Juice
Celebrating the Productivity of Water-Influenced Soils
Chapter 4: Soils of Forests
Introduction
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Temperate Coniferous Forests
Boreal Forests
Tropical and Subtropical Forests
Mediterranean Woodlands and Savannas
Some Special Forest Trees
Celebrating the Productivity of Forest Soils
Chapter 5: Soils of Grasslands and Rangelands
Introduction
Loess: Some Soils Start with Wind
Grasslands
Grasslands: Central China
Grasslands: Australian Wheat Belt
Grasslands: Alpine Meadows
Grasslands: Mounds of Mystery
Rangelands
Rangelands: The Pilbara Region of Western Australia
Celebrating the Productivity of Grasslands and Rangelands
Chapter 6: Soils in Extreme Environments
Introduction
Antarctic Coastal Margins
The Dry Valleys of Antarctica
Furthest South: Soils on the Margins of the Polar Plateau
Mid-Latitude Deserts
Extreme Heat: Geothermal Environments
Celebrating the Productivity of Soils in Extreme Environments
Chapter 7: When the Earth Moves: Earthquakes, Landslides, and Erosion
Introduction
Uplifted Land: New Opportunities
On Shaky Ground: Soil Behavior in Earthquakes
Landslides and Mudflows: Hillsides on the Move
Lahars: Mudflows from Volcanoes
Soil Surface Erosion
Celebrating Resilience, Recovery, and the Landforms Created
Chapter 8: Soils and Humans
Introduction
Soils in Myths, Legends, and Traditions
Ancient Earthworks in the United Kingdom
Soils in the Maori Culture of Aotearoa, New Zealand
The Legacy of the Inca Civilization
Middens in British Columbia, Canada
Leaving a Record Using Soil Materials
The Great Garden Traditions
“Plaggen” Soils of Europe
Urban Soils in the Twenty-First Century
Celebrating the Productivity of Urban Soils
Chapter 9: Managing and Caring for Our Soils
Introduction
People on Earth
Preventing and Mitigating Soil Erosion
Maintaining and Enhancing Soil Fertility
Prevention, Mitigation, and Management of Salt Accumulation in Soils
Urban Expansion
Prevention, Mitigation, and Management of Soil Compaction
Prevention, Mitigation, and Management of Contaminants in Soils
Precious Water: A Key to Soil Productivity
Drainage to Improve Soil Productivity
Celebrating the Variety, Productivity, and Beauty of Soil

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