Major soil groups of the world
Legros, Jean-Paul.
Major soil groups of the world ecology, genesis, properties and classification / [electronic resource] : Jean-Paul Legros ; translated from the French by V.A.K. Sarma. - Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2013. - xiii, 464 p. : ill., maps.
"A Science Publishers book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 U.S. 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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781466502437 (ebook : PDF)
Soils.
Soil formation.
Soils--Classification.
Soil geography.
Electronic books.
Major soil groups of the world ecology, genesis, properties and classification / [electronic resource] : Jean-Paul Legros ; translated from the French by V.A.K. Sarma. - Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2013. - xiii, 464 p. : ill., maps.
"A Science Publishers book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 U.S. 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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781466502437 (ebook : PDF)
Soils.
Soil formation.
Soils--Classification.
Soil geography.
Electronic books.