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" Soil genesis and classification / "
S.W. Buol ... [and others].
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BL
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659913
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Soil genesis and classification /\ S.W. Buol ... [and others].
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Sixth edition.
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xvi, 543 pages, 12 pages of color plates :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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9780813807690 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 0813807697 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-529) and index.
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| Contents
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Morphology and composition of soils -- Soil-forming factors: soil as a component of ecosystems -- Soil materials and weathering -- Soil-forming processes -- Modern soil classification systems -- U.S. soil taxonomy -- Alfisols: high base status soils with finer-textured subsoil horizons -- Andisols: soils with andic soil properties -- Aridisols: soils of dry regions -- Entisols: recently formed soils -- Gelisols: very cold soils -- Histosols: organic soils -- Inceptisols: embryonic soils with few diagnostic features -- Mollisols: grassland soils of steppes and prairies -- Oxisols: low activity soils -- Spodosols: soils with subsoil accumulations of humus and sesquioxides -- Ultisols: low base status soils with finer-textured subsoil horizons -- Vertisols: shrinking and swelling dark clay soils -- Spatial arrangement of soils: soilscapes and map units -- Interpretations of soil surveys and technical soil classification.
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Soil science.
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Soil formation.
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Soils, Classification.
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| Dewey Classification
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631.4
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S591.B887 2011
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Buol, S. W.
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