Major soil groups of the world : ecology, genesis, properties and classification

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Legros, Jean-Paul (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press , c2013
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240 1 0 |a Grands sols du monde   |l English 
245 1 0 |a Major soil groups of the world :   |b ecology, genesis, properties and classification   |c Jean-Paul Legros ; translated from the French by V.A.K. Sarma 
260 |a Boca Raton, Florida :   |b CRC Press ,   |c c2013 
300 |a xiii, 464 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
500 |a "A science publishers book." 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Definitions, concepts and tools -- 2. Factors of pedogenesis -- 3. Progressive descent of weathering fronts, other pedogenetic mechanisms and spatial organization of soils -- 4. Classifications : international WRB and US soil taxonomy -- 5. Ferralsols and other soils of the hot regions -- 6. Vertisols -- 7. Calcisols and other soils on carbonate-bearing and sulphate-bearing materials -- 8. Cambisols, luvisols and planosols -- 9. Red soils of the Mediterranean and dry tropical zones -- 10. Andosols -- 11. Podzolic soils -- 12. Gleysols, stagnosols and histosols -- 13. Saline soils : solonchaks and solonetz -- 14. Chernozems; general conclusions 
650 0 |a Soil formation 
650 0 |a Soil geography 
650 0 |a Soils 
650 0 |a Soils   |x Classification 
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