LEADER 06371nam 22009015 450 001 9910298383203321 005 20200630160752.0 010 $a94-007-7420-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-7420-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000084242 035 $a(EBL)1636820 035 $a(OCoLC)871777341 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001170234 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11645882 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001170234 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11168348 035 $a(PQKB)11202530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1636820 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-7420-9 035 $a(PPN)176129243 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000084242 100 $a20140107d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnited Arab Emirates Keys to Soil Taxonomy /$fby Shabbir A. Shahid, Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah, Michael A. Wilson, John A. Kelley, Joseph V. Chiaretti 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (143 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-007-7419-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Soil Classification -- 2 The Soils That We Classify -- 3 Horizons, Layers, and Characteristics Diagnostic for the Higher Categories -- 4 Family and Series Differentiae -- 5 Identification of the Taxonomic Class of a Soil -- 6 Laboratory Methods for Classification of United Arab Emirates -- 7 Soil Families and Soil Series of the United Arab Emirates -- Index. 330 $aCentral to human life and civilization, soils are an integral part of the physical and cultural environment. Although we may take them for granted, the rise and fall of civilizations is closely linked with the use and abuse of soil and water resources. It is therefore important to evaluate soils for their quality and link them to appropriate uses and services. This book provides information on soil classification and shows how to key out taxa relevant to UAE soils. The latest soil inventory of United Arab Emirates reveals that a rather uniform looking desert landscape has, in fact, a diversity of subsurface features. These features confirm the soil diversity in terms of classification, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, fertility, suitability for different uses and vulnerability to land degradation. United Arab Emirates Keys to Soil Taxonomy presents information for keying out the soils of the United Arab Emirates into separate classes and provides a guide to associated laboratory methods. The classification used predominantly is extracted from the 11th edition of the USDA-NRCS Keys to Soil Taxonomy, and sections relevant to the soils found in the UAE are included here. Primarily, this key is designed to fit the soil system of the United Arab Emirates. Information not found in the USDA key has been added, including criteria and classes for: 1) differentiating anhydritic soils from gypsic soils, 2) identifying ?lithic? subgroups for Aquisalids and Haplosalids, 3) identifying ?salidic? subgroups within the great groups of Gypsids, Calcids, Psamments, and Orthents, and 4) incorporation of phases for soil taxa. A subsurface diagnostic horizon and mineralogy class (anhydritic), not reported earlier in the world soil literature and, recently found in the UAE, has also been added to the book. The book also offers a mechanism for updating the current soil surveys, and will facilitate the correlation of soils from new surveys in the UAE. Additionally, it will help the international soil science community to converse about UAE soils, and facilitate comparison to soils of other regions. These linkages allow countries with similar mapping and classification procedures and similar soils to transfer agriculture technology without conducting long-term experiments under similar environmental conditions, especially for Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia). 606 $aSoil science 606 $aSoil conservation 606 $aRegional planning 606 $aUrban planning 606 $aEnvironmental sciences 606 $aGeoecology 606 $aEnvironmental geology 606 $aGeographical information systems 606 $aGeography 606 $aSoil Science & Conservation$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U28000 606 $aLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J15000 606 $aEnvironmental Science and Engineering$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G37000 606 $aGeoecology/Natural Processes$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U21006 606 $aGeographical Information Systems/Cartography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J13000 606 $aGeography, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J00000 615 0$aSoil science. 615 0$aSoil conservation. 615 0$aRegional planning. 615 0$aUrban planning. 615 0$aEnvironmental sciences. 615 0$aGeoecology. 615 0$aEnvironmental geology. 615 0$aGeographical information systems. 615 0$aGeography. 615 14$aSoil Science & Conservation. 615 24$aLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning. 615 24$aEnvironmental Science and Engineering. 615 24$aGeoecology/Natural Processes. 615 24$aGeographical Information Systems/Cartography. 615 24$aGeography, general. 676 $a631.4 676 $a631.4/4 676 $a631.44 700 $aShahid$b Shabbir A$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01058770 702 $aAbdelfattah$b Mahmoud A$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aWilson$b Michael A$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aKelley$b John A$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aChiaretti$b Joseph V$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298383203321 996 $aUnited Arab Emirates Keys to Soil Taxonomy$92502406 997 $aUNINA