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Autore: | Hillel Daniel |
Titolo: | Introduction to environmental soil physics [[electronic resource] /] / Daniel Hillel |
Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (511 p.) |
Disciplina: | 631.4/3 |
Soggetto topico: | Soil physics |
Soil moisture | |
Soils - Environmental aspects | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-484) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF TEXT BOXES; PREFACE; PART I: BASIC RELATIONSHIPS; CHAPTER 1. SOIL PHYSICS AND SOIL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHAPTER 2. WATER PROPERTIES IN RELATION TO POROUS MEDIA; PART II: THE SOLID PHASE; CHAPTER 3. PARTICLE SIZES, SHAPES, AND SPECIFIC SURFACE; CHAPTER 4. CLAY, THE COLLOIDAL COMPONENT; CHAPTER 5. SOIL STRUCTURE AND AGGREGATION; PART III: THE LIQUID PHASE; CHAPTER 6. WATER CONTENT AND POTENTIAL; CHAPTER 7. WATER FLOW IN SATURATED SOIL; CHAPTER 8. WATER FLOW IN UNSATURATED SOIL; CHAPTER 9. SOLUTE MOVEMENT AND SOIL SALINITY; PART IV: THE GASEOUS PHASE |
CHAPTER 10. GAS CONTENT AND COMPOSITIONCHAPTER 11. GAS MOVEMENT AND EXCHANGE; PART V: COMPOSITE PHENOMENA; CHAPTER 12. SOIL TEMPERATURE AND HEAT FLOW; CHAPTER 13. STRESS, STRAIN, AND STRENGTH OF SOIL BODIES; PART VI: THE FIELD WATER CYCLE; CHAPTER 14. WATER ENTRY INTO SOIL; CHAPTER 15. SURFACE RUNOFF AND WATER EROSION; CHAPTER 16. REDISTRIBUTION AND RETENTION OF SOIL MOISTURE; CHAPTER 17. GROUNDWATER DRAINAGE AND POLLUTION; CHAPTER 18. EVAPORATION FROM BARE SOIL AND WIND EROSION; PART VII: SOIL-PLANT-WATER RELATIONS; CHAPTER 19. PLANT UPTAKE OF SOIL MOISTURE | |
CHAPTER 20. WATER BALANCE AND ENERGY BALANCE IN THE FIELDCHAPTER 21. IRRIGATION AND WATER-USE EFFICIENCY; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX | |
Sommario/riassunto: | An abridged, student-oriented edition of Hillel's earlier published Environmental Soil Physics, this is a more succinct elucidation of the physical principles and processes governing the behavior of soil and the vital role it plays in both natural and managed ecosystems. The textbook is self-contained and self-explanatory, with numerous illustrations and sample problems. Based on sound fundamental theory, the textbook leads to a practical consideration of soil as a living system in nature and illustrates the influences of human activity upon soil structure and function. Students, as well as |
Titolo autorizzato: | Introduction to environmental soil physics |
ISBN: | 1-281-01170-3 |
9786611011703 | |
0-08-049577-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910458718303321 |
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