Soil in the Environment: Crucible of Terrestrial Life

by Daniel Hillel and Daniel J. Hillel

Soil in the Environment is key for every course in soil science, earth science, and environmental disciplines. This textbook engages students to critically look at soil as the central link in the function and creation of the terrestrial environment. For the first time, Dr. Hillel brilliantly discusses soils as a natural body that is engaged in dynamic interaction with the atmosphere above and the strata below that influences the planet's climate and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123485363
• ISBN13: 9780123485366
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 10.5"