Description |
xviii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Note |
Originally published: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1941. With new foreword. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Definitions and concepts -- Methods of presentation of soil data -- Time as a soil-forming factor -- Parent material as a soil-forming factor -- Topography as a soil-forming factor -- Climate as a soil-forming factor -- Organisms as a soil-forming factor -- Conclusions. |
Summary |
One of the most influential works by a world authority on soils and their formation. This advanced treatise on theoretical soil science, long considered a masterpiece of scientific methodology offers pedologists, geologists and geophysicists both a detailed discussion of the nature of the earth s terrestrial environment, and a method of subdividing and studying it. |
Subject |
Soil formation.
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ISBN |
0486681289 |
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9780486681283 |
OCLC # |
30473103 |
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