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Author	Tan, Kim H. (Kim Howard), 1926-
Title	Environmental soil science / by Kim H. Tan.
Imprint	Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC ; London : Taylor & Francis [distributor], 2009.
Edition	3rd ed.

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	MESSAGE
OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION	S591 .T35 2009	AVAILABLE

Table of Contents
Ch. 1	Soils and the Environment	1
1.1	The Birth of Environmental Soil Science	1
1.2	Concept of Environmental Science	2
1.3	Concept of Ecology	4
1.4	Definition and Concept of Soils	5
1.5	Pedologic Concept of Soils	7
1.6	Soil Orders	13
1.7	Relation of Soil Orders with the Environment	31
Ch. 2	Inorganic Soil Constituents	37
2.1	Soil Composition	37
2.2	Inorganic Constituents	40
2.3	Mineral Composition	41
2.4	Primary Minerals	44
2.5	Weathering of Primary Minerals	53
2.6	Secondary Minerals	71
Ch. 3	Organic Soil Constituents	93
3.1	Soil Organic Matter	93
3.2	Humus	98
3.3	Soil Biomass	101
3.4	Biochemical Reactions of Soil Microorganisms	125
3.5	Nonhumified Organic Matter	141
3.6	Humified Organic Matter	153
Ch. 4	Gas Phase in Soils	163
4.1	Soil Air	163
4.2	Soil Aeration	166
4.3	Soil Air Quality in Agriculture	169
4.4	Biochemical Effect of Aeration	173
4.5	Biological Effect of Aeration	179
4.6	Chemical Effect of Aeration	186
Ch. 5	Liquid Phase	189
5.1	The Concept of Solutions	189
5.2	Types of Water in Soil	189
5.3	The Soil Solution	191
5.4	Movement of Soil Water	198
5.5	Water Losses	204
5.6	Dissolved Solid Substances	209
5.7	Environmental Issues of Soil Solutes	237
5.8	Dissolved Gas	242
5.9	Oxygen Demand	248
Ch. 6	Soil Physics in the Environment	251
6.1	Physical Properties	251
6.2	Particle Size Distribution	253
6.3	Soil Structure	261
6.4	Soil Density and Soil Porosity	267
6.5	Soil Consistence	271
6.6	Thermal Properties of Soils	275
6.7	The Issue of Soil Physics in Histosols	280
Ch. 7	Electrochemical Properties of Solid Constituents	283
7.1	Electrical Charges	283
7.2	Soil Clays	284
7.3	Anion Exchange Capacity	298
7.4	Soil Organic Matter	302
7.5	Soil Reaction	310
7.6	The Aesthetic Issue of Induced Micronutrient Toxicity and Deficiency	316
Ch. 8	Soils and Crop Production	317
8.1	Clearing New Lands	318
8.2	Soil Degradation and the Issue of Retrogression	324
8.3	Environmental Changes	332
8.4	The Issue of Biodiversity	336
8.5	Plantation Agriculture and Agroforestry	343
8.6	Intensifying Soil Productivity	348
8.7	Residue, No-Till, and Strip-Till Farming	355
8.8	Organic Farming	357
8.9	LISA or Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture	360
Ch. 9	Soilless Agriculture	363
9.1	Hydroponics	363
9.2	Hydroponic Cultivation of Algae	370
9.3	Aeroponics	373
9.4	Nutrient Film Technique	376
9.5	Artificial Soil	376
9.6	Aquaculture	379
9.7	Aquaculture in the United States	391
9.8	The Law of the Sea	396
Ch. 10	Biotechnology in Soil Science and Agriculture	397
10.1	Definitions and Concepts	397
10.2	Food Biotechnology	400
10.3	Agricultural Biotechnology	407
10.4	Tissue Culture	414
10.5	Environmental Significance of Tissue Cultures	416
10.6	Soil Biotechnology	418
Ch. 11	Soil and Pollution	425
11.1	Forms of Pollution	425
11.2	Definition and Concept of Waste	426
11.3	Agricultural Waste	427
11.4	Composting and Compost	439
11.5	Industrial Waste	441
11.6	Waste from Food Processing Plants	449
11.7	Municipal Waste	450
11.8	Detoxification of Waste	458
11.9	Soil Remediation	460
11.10	Soil Resilience	467
11.11	Environmental Impact of Agricultural and Industrial Waste
App. A	Atomic Weights of the Major Elements in Soils	479
App. B	International System of Units (SI)	483
	Factors for Converting U.S. Units into SI Units	483
App. C	U.S. Weights and Measures	487
	References and Additional Readings	489
	Index	517

Description	xxxvi, 557 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Series	Books in soils, plants, and the environment ; 74.
	Books in soils, plants, and the environment ; v. 74.
Note	Previous ed.: New York: Marcel Dekker, 2002.
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-516) and index.
Subject	Soils -- Environmental aspects.
	Soil science.
ISBN	9781420072808 (hbk.)
	1420072803 (hbk.)
OCLC #	262719413

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