Soil Physics Agriculture and Environmental Applications

by Scott, H. Don

• ISBN13: 9780813820873
• ISBN10: 0813820871
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-11
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This textbook is designed for use in university courses on the subject and as a reference book for practitioners and students. The work describes the physical properties of soils and how these properties affect agriculture and the environment. It is unique in its inclusion of pedology, taxonomy and pedotransfer functions.

Author Biography

H. Dan Scott is a university professor of soil physics in the Department of Crops, Soil, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dr. Scott’s research interests cover most aspects of soil-water crop relationships. His studies include geographical information systems in agriculture and natural resources, the effects of tillage and crop management practices on the spatial and temporal variability of soil physical properties, and the modeling of pesticide movement to surface and ground waters.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Soil Physics in Perspective	3	(9)
Calculations and Dimensions of Physical Quantities	12	(23)
Soil Texture	35	(29)
Soil Structure	64	(24)
Fate and Transport of Mass and Energy	88	(20)
Soil Temperature	108	(32)
Soil Aeration	140	(25)
Soil Water Principles	165	(48)
Soil Water Flow	213	(31)
Soil Water Flow Processes in the Field	244	(38)
Solute Transport	282	(40)
Soil-Plant-Water Relations	322	(34)
Appendix A. Review of Geostatistics and the Variability of Soil Properties	356	(23)
Appendix B. Review of Mathematics	379	(27)
Appendix C. Review of Physics	406	(5)
Index	411