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Our good earth : a natural history of soil /

"The author explains the science and the importance of soil, with a description of how soils have evolved over the past 3.5 billion years and how they affect human civilization"--

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hudson, Berman D. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Algora Publishing, [2020]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • What is soil and why does it matter?
  • The earth's surface : a history
  • Rocks and rock weathering
  • Clay and how it forms
  • To the sea and back
  • The living surface
  • Parent material and climate
  • Organisms, topography, and time
  • How soils evolved
  • Nitrogen : a perverse chemistry.