Factors of Soil Formation A System of Quantitative Pedology

by Jenny, Hans

• ISBN13: 9780486681283
• ISBN10: 0486681289
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-08
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

One of the most influential works by a world authority on soils and their formation. This advanced treatise on theoretical soil science, long considered a masterpiece of scientific methodology offers pedologists, geologists and geophysicists both a detailed discussion of the nature of the earth's terrestrial environment, and a method of subdividing and studying it.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS
CHAPTER II METHODS OF PRESENTATION OF SOIL DATA
CHAPTER III TIME AS A SOIL-FORMING FACTOR
CHAPTER IV PARENT MATERIAL AS A SOIL-FORMING FACTOR
  A. Definition and Method of Approach
  B. Soil Formation on Igneous Rocks
  C. Soil Formation on Sedimentary rocks
  D. Systems of Soil Classification Based on Nature of Parent Material
CHAPTER V TOPOGRAPHY AS A SOIL-FORMING FACTOR
CHAPTER VI CLIMATE AS A SOIL-FORMING FACTOR
  A. Moisture as a Soil-forming Factor:
    1. Discussion of Moisture Criteria
    2. Relationships between Soil Properties and Moisture Factors:
      a. Organic Constituents of the Soil
      b. Inorganic Constituents of the Soil
  B. Temperature as a Soil-forming Factor:
    1. Discussion of Moisture Criteria
    2. Relationships between Soil Properties and Temperature
  C. Combinations of Moisture and Temperature Influences
  D. Distribution of Soils According to Climate
CHAPTER VII ORGANISMS AS A SOIL-FORMING FACTOR
  A. Dependent and Independent Nature of Organisms
  B. Vegetation:
    1. Vegetation as a Dependent Variable
    2. Vegetation as an Independent Variable
  C. Man as a Soil-forming factor:
    1. Influences of Cultural Practices
    2. Concepts of Soil Productivity and Soil Fertility
    3. Future Trends of Soil Fertility
CHAPTER VIII
  CONCLUSIONS
  INDEX