Soil Physics Companion
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Author(s): A. W. Warrick (Ed.)
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0849308372
Format: hardback
389pp
Price: £52.99
Review Date: 21 May 2002
Review: This reference book covers the main topics of soil physics – the physical aspects of the soil system as well as the transport processes. First, soil solids are described in detail. Then the matrix is discussed as well as both the static and dynamic aspects of the soils. The general principles, measurement methodology and instruments for determining soil water content and potential are given. Energy balance and thermal regime are included, with details of the soil–plant–atmospheric interface that represents a common convergence point for many of the world’s problems of food production, water resource and environmental pollution, including global warming. Separate chapters are devoted to solute transport and soil–gas movement.