Soil and Environmental Analysis: Physical Methods, Revised, and Expanded / Edition 2

by Keith A. Smith

Overview

"Reviews a wide range of methods for soil physical analysis. Considers applications, accuracy, measurement time, and cost of equipment. Provides examples of applications."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824704148
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2000
Series:	Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment Series
Edition description:	2ND, REVISED & EXPANDED
Pages:	660
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Smith, Keith A.

Table of Contents

Soil water content; matric potential; water release characteristic; hydraulic conductivity of saturated soils; unsaturated hydraulic activity; infiltration; particle size analysis; bulk density; liquid and plastic limits; penetrometer techniques in relation to soil compaction and root growth; tensile strength and friability; root growth - methods of measurement; gas movement and air-filled porosity; soil temperature regime; soil profile description and evaluation.

Editorial Reviews

...the editors have succeeded in bringing together a very useful collection of ‘state of the art’ reviews".the papers in this volume are of a uniformly high standard and throughout have a common, well organized structure.

Environmental Management and Health

...Each chapter is self-contained and written with enthusiasm and authority.

Journal of Soil Science

Abundant praise for the previous edition... "...a useful, well-organized reference.

Journal of Environmental Quality

The authors are to be complimented for explaining the complex soil behaviour in a lucid manner. The treatment is comprehensive and covers recent developments....serve[s] as a good reference text.

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

Reviews current methods for soil physical analysis, considering application accuracy, measurement time, ease of use, and cost of equipment. Each chapter provides the underlying theory as well as the limitations, reliability, and applications of various methods to facilitate the selection of appropriate techniques for specific applications. Fifteen contributions from academics in soil science and related fields discuss topics such as time- and frequency-domain methods for measuring water content, matric potential, penetrometry, and soil thermal properties. The second edition includes new chapters on the measurement of infiltration, soil strength and friability, and soil profile evaluation and description, and expanded information on soil-atmosphere exchange of environmentally important gases, including radon and greenhouse gases. Editors Smith and Mullins are with the U. of Edinburgh and the U. of Aberdeen (Scotland), respectively. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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