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Author / Creator:	Birkeland, Peter W.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1984.
Description:	xiv, 372 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Soil formation Weathering Soil science Geology, Stratigraphic -- Quaternary Geology, Stratigraphic. Quaternary Geologic Period. Soil formation. Soil science. Weathering.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/655211

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Other uniform titles:	Birkeland, Peter W. Pedology, weathering, and geomorphological research.
ISBN:	0195033981 : $22.95
Notes:	Rev. ed. of: Pedology, weathering, and geomorphological research. 1974. Includes bibliographies and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Definition of Soil
2. Soil Classification
3. Weathering Processes
4. The Products of Weathering
5. Processes Responsible for the Development of Soil Profiles
6. Factors of Soil Formation
7. Influence of Parent Material on Weathering and Soil Formation
8. Weathering and Soil Development with Time
9. Topography-Soil Relations with Time in Different Climatic Settings
10. Summary of Climate-Soil Relations, and Paleoclimatic Interpretations
11. Application of Soils to Geomorphological, Sedimentological, and Environmental Studies
Appendix 1. Describing Soil Properties, Horizon Nomenclature, Digging and Photographying Soils, Soil Properties
Appendix 2. Calculation of Profile-Development Index, Plotting and Comparing Soil-Index Data
Bibliography
Index

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