Process of Soil Formation and Classification

Description

This book “Process of Soil Formation and Classification” discusses the composition of soils as natural bodies resulting from biogeochemical processes on the land surfaces of earth. It also examines human biogeochemical processes on the land surfaces of earth. It also examines human the ecosystem, including humans, via the study and classification of soils. Soil genesis is a century-old science that has dealt with soil. Soil genesis includes concepts of biogeochemistry. It conceptualizes the factors and processes responsible for the chemical, physical, and mineralogical properties of all soils and the spatial distribution of various kinds of soil on the landscape. The primary classification system used in this book is Soil Taxonomy, a natural classification system. Soil genesis and classification studies have made contributions to research design and data acquisition in other fields of soil science, including biogeochemical redistribution of nutrients in ecological systems, ecology of soil microbes and mycorrhizae, and the availability and distribution of plant essential nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen in different types of soils. This reference book is helpful for all students studying agriculture and those who are researchers in this field.