Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics (eBook)

Daniel Hillel (Autor)

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2003 | 1. Auflage
494 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-049577-4 (ISBN)

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An abridged, student-oriented edition of Hillel's earlier published Environmental Soil Physics, Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics is a more succinct elucidation of the physical principles and processes governing the behavior of soil and the vital role it plays in both natural and managed ecosystems. The textbook is self-contained and self-explanatory, with numerous illustrations and sample problems. Based on sound fundamental theory, the textbook leads to a practical consideration of soil as a living system in nature and illustrates the influences of human activity upon soil structure and function. Students, as well as other readers, will better understand the importance of soils and the pivotal possition they occupy with respect to careful and knowledgeable conservation. - Written in an engaging and clear style, posing and resolving issues relevant to the terrestrial environment - Explores the gamut of the interactions among the phases in the soil and the dynamic interconnection of the soil with the subterranean and atmospheric domains - Reveals the salient ideas, approaches, and methods of environmental soil physics - Includes numerous illustrative exercises, which are explicitly solved - Designed to serve for classroom and laboratory instruction, for self-study, and for reference - Oriented toward practical problems in ecology, field-scale hydrology, agronomy, and civil engineering - Differs from earlier texts in its wider scope and holistic environmental conception

Born in California and raised in Israel, Dr. Daniel Hillel acquired an early and lifelong love of the land and a commitment to understanding and protecting the natural environment. Through decades of work in some thirty countries, he has become an international authority on sustainable management of land and water resources. Dr. Hillel has served as professor of soil physics, hydrology and the environmental sciences at leading universities in the U.S. and abroad, and has been a consultant to the World Bank and the United Nations. Among the honors he has received are the Chancellor's Medal for Exemplary Service at the University of Massachusetts , a Guggenheim award, and Doctorates of Science honoris causa by Guelph University of Canada and Ohio State University . Dr. Hillel is an elected Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the Soil Science Society of America, and the American Society of Agronomy and was granted the Distinguished Service Award by the latter societies. He has published well over 300 scientific papers and research reports, and authored or edited twenty two books. His definitive textbooks on environmental physics have been use by universities and research institutions throughout the world and have been translated into twelve languages.

Inhalt

Cover 1
CONTENTS 8
LIST OF TEXT BOXES 12
PREFACE 14
PART I: BASIC RELATIONSHIPS 18
CHAPTER 1. SOIL PHYSICS AND SOIL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 20
CHAPTER 2. WATER PROPERTIES IN RELATION TO POROUS MEDIA 36
PART II: THE SOLID PHASE 54
CHAPTER 3. PARTICLE SIZES, SHAPES, AND SPECIFIC SURFACE 56
CHAPTER 4. CLAY, THE COLLOIDAL COMPONENT 70
CHAPTER 5. SOIL STRUCTURE AND AGGREGATION 90
PART III: THE LIQUID PHASE 108
CHAPTER 6. WATER CONTENT AND POTENTIAL 110
CHAPTER 7. WATER FLOW IN SATURATED SOIL 144
CHAPTER 8. WATER FLOW IN UNSATURATED SOIL 166
CHAPTER 9. SOLUTE MOVEMENT AND SOIL SALINITY 184
PART IV: THE GASEOUS PHASE 204
CHAPTER 10. GAS CONTENT AND COMPOSITION 206
CHAPTER 11. GAS MOVEMENT AND EXCHANGE 218
PART V: COMPOSITE PHENOMENA 230
CHAPTER 12. SOIL TEMPERATURE AND HEAT FLOW 232
CHAPTER 13. STRESS, STRAIN, AND STRENGTH OF SOIL BODIES 252
PART VI: THE FIELD WATER CYCLE 274
CHAPTER 14. WATER ENTRY INTO SOIL 276
CHAPTER 15. SURFACE RUNOFF AND WATER EROSION 300
CHAPTER 16. REDISTRIBUTION AND RETENTION OF SOIL MOISTURE 314
CHAPTER 17. GROUNDWATER DRAINAGE AND POLLUTION 332
CHAPTER 18. EVAPORATION FROM BARE SOIL AND WIND EROSION 354
PART VII: SOIL–PLANT–WATER RELATIONS 380
CHAPTER 19. PLANT UPTAKE OF SOIL MOISTURE 382
CHAPTER 20. WATER BALANCE AND ENERGY BALANCE IN THE FIELD 402
CHAPTER 21. IRRIGATION AND WATER-USE EFFICIENCY 424
GLOSSARY 444
BIBLIOGRAPHY 460
INDEX 502

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.12.2003
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-08-049577-X / 008049577X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-049577-4 / 9780080495774