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001 2007037235
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008 070910s2008 ne ab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007037235
020 $a9780123485366 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a0123485363 (hardback : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn171152192
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050 00 $aS596$b.H55 2008
082 00 $a631.4$222
100 1 $aHillel, Daniel.
245 10 $aSoil in the environment :$bcrucible of terrestrial life /$cDaniel Hillel.
260 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston :$bElsevier/Academic Press,$cc2008.
300 $axii, 307 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$c27 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-289) and index.
505 00 $tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$g1.$tSoil as a living body : its dynamic role in the environment --$g2.$tSoil in the history of civilization --$g3.$tSoil formation --$g4.$tSoil classification --$g5.$tSoil physical attributes --$g6.$tSoil-water statics --$g7.$tSoil-water dynamics --$g8.$tSoil-water cycle --$g9.$tSoil-water and soil-energy balances in the field --$g10.$tSoil chemical attributes and processes --$g11.$tSoil fertility and plant nutrition --$g12.$tSoil biodiversity --$g13.$tSoil and water management --$g14.$tSoil erosion and conservation --$g15.$tSoil pollution and remediation --$g16.$tConcluding overview --$tAppendix A : The role of soil in the mitigation of global warming --$tAppendix B : The role of soil in the global food supply --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tFigure sources and credits.
520 1 $a"Soil in the Environment provides fundamental knowledge regarding the role of the soil as a central link in the chain of domains and processes comprising the terrestrial environment, a topic that must be an essential component of every curriculum in the environmental sciences. In this book, Dr. Daniel Hillel reveals how the soil interacts dynamically with the atmosphere above and the lithosphere below, how it influences the planet's climate and hydrological cycle, how it serves as the primary habitat for a community of living organisms, and how it affects the fate of humanity." "This text offers an encompassing perspective regarding the soil's impact on the environment by organizing chapters among the three main sets of interacting processes: Physical, Chemical, and Biological. As a primary source for students and professors of soil science, ecology, forestry, hydrology, geophysics, geography and all environmental sciences, this is the definitive book for understanding the vast impact of soil."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSoils$xEnvironmental aspects.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0727/2007037235.html