Soils
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2000
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2nd Revised edition
OUP Australia and New Zealand (Verlag)
978-0-19-550994-6 (ISBN)
OUP Australia and New Zealand (Verlag)
978-0-19-550994-6 (ISBN)
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Soil is one of Australia's most vital natural resources. Over the 1980s and 1990s, awareness of the need to protect and preserve this resource has increased dramatically. This revised and updated edition addresses the complex nature and needs of Australia's soils in a clear and practical manner.
Soil is one of Australia's most vital natural resources. over the last 20 years awareness of the need to protect and perserve this resource has increased dramatically. This revised and updated edition addresses the complex nature and needs of our soils in a clear and practical manner. Written by soil conservation experts, it covers the poerties and conservation of soils in New South Wales from various perpectives: scientific, engineering, environmental, resource managment, agricultural, and many others. Amply illustrated with over 100 figures, and with a comprehensive glossary, the text has been completely revised with new emphasis placed on soils in relation to water quality, catchment management and more recent environmental problems. This book has been designed as a practical soils guide for soil conservationists, land managers, farmers, and advisers. It will also suit students and teachers of agricultural science, resource managment, environmental studies, and related disciplines.
Soil is one of Australia's most vital natural resources. over the last 20 years awareness of the need to protect and perserve this resource has increased dramatically. This revised and updated edition addresses the complex nature and needs of our soils in a clear and practical manner. Written by soil conservation experts, it covers the poerties and conservation of soils in New South Wales from various perpectives: scientific, engineering, environmental, resource managment, agricultural, and many others. Amply illustrated with over 100 figures, and with a comprehensive glossary, the text has been completely revised with new emphasis placed on soils in relation to water quality, catchment management and more recent environmental problems. This book has been designed as a practical soils guide for soil conservationists, land managers, farmers, and advisers. It will also suit students and teachers of agricultural science, resource managment, environmental studies, and related disciplines.
1. The Nature of Soil; 2. Forms of Erosion; 3. Soil Formation and Erosion Rates; 4. Other Forms of Soil Degradation; 5. The Soil Profile; 6. Systems of Soil Classification; 7. Soil Survey and Mapping; 8. Soils of New South Wales; 9. Soil Landscapes of New South Wales; 13. Soil Chemical Properties; 15. Soils, Vegetation and Land Use; 16. Soils and Sustainable Farming Systems; 17. Soils and Rangeland Management; 18. Soils and Coastal Dune Management; 19. Soils and Revegetation; 20. Soils and their Use for Earthworks; 21. Soils and Urban Land Use; 22. Soils and Extractive Industries; 23. Soils and Sustainable Development - A Concluding Perspective
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.3.2000 |
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| Co-Autor | Brian Murphy, Peter Charman |
| Zusatzinfo | figures |
| Verlagsort | Melbourne |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-550994-3 / 0195509943 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-550994-6 / 9780195509946 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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