Soils: Basic Concepts and Future Challenges (Hardcover)

1. Concepts of soils Richard W. Arnold; 2. Pedogenic processes and pathways of horizon differentiation Stanley W. Buol; 3. Soil phases: the inorganic solid phase G. Jock Churchman; 4. Soil phases: the organic solid phase Claire Chenu; 5. Soil phases: the liquid phase Randy A. Dahlgren; 6. Soil phases: the gaseous phase Andrey V. Smagin; 7. Soil phases: the living phase Oliver Dilly, Eva-Maria Pfeiffer and Ulrich Irmler; 8. The State Factor theory of soil formation Ronald Amundson; 9. Factors of soil formation: parent material M. Jeff Wilson; 10. Factors of soil formation: climate as exemplified by volcanic ash soils Sadao Shoji, Masami Nanzyo and Tadashi Takahashi; 11. Factors of soil formation: topography Robert C. Graham; 12. Factors of soil formation: biota Francoise Courchesne; 13. Factors of soil formation: time Ewart A. FitzPatrick; 14. Soil formation on Earth and beyond: the role of additional soil forming factors Giacomo Certini and Riccardo Scalenghe; 15. Soil functions and land use Johan Bouma; 16. Physical degradation of soils Michael J. Singer; 17. Chemical degradation of soils Peter Blaser; 18. The future of soil research Anthony C. Edwards.