Advances in Soil Science: Volume 9

by Bobby A. Stewart

Soil is formed from the physical and chemical weathering of rocks-processes described historically because they involve eons of time-by glaciation, and by wind and water transport of soil materials, later deposited in deltas and loessial planes. Soil undergoes further transformations over time and provides a habitat for biological life and a base for the development of civilizations. Soil is dynamic - always changing as a result of the forces of nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146128144X
• ISBN13: 9781461281443
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"