Tropical soils and soil survey /
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| Author / Creator: | Young, Anthony, 1932- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976. |
| Description: | viii, 468 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge geographical studies 9 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/126102 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part I. Soil Formation in the Tropics
- 1. Environment
- 2. Processes
- 3. Soil properties
- 4. Organic matter
- Part II. Soils of the Tropics
- 5. Soil types
- 6. Latosols
- 7. Laterite
- 8. Other pedalfers
- 9. Vertisols
- 10. Soils of the dry tropics
- 11. Halomorphic soils
- 12. Gleys and alluvial soils
- Part III. Soil Classification and Evolution
- 13. Classification
- 14. Problems of soil evolution
- 15. The soil catena
- Part IV. Soil Fertility, Soil Survey and Land Evaluation
- 16. Soil fertility
- 17. Crops and soils
- 18. Soil survey and soil maps
- 19. Methods of soil survey
- 20. Land evaluation
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
