Soils in Our Environment

Soils in Our Environment

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Card catalog description
The following important features are new to the eighth edition: over 60 full-color, captioned photos highlighting soil and plant features, including world rainfall and world evapotranspiration; a new introductory chapter providing historical perspective and a discussion of the use of computers by soil scientists; expanded coverage of environmental problems as related to agriculture; discussion of the technology of Geophysical Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS); exploration of the concepts and methods of Precision (variable rate) Agriculture; a new chapter on Greenhouse Soils and Soilless Culture; vital information concerning wetlands; listing of the AASHTO (highway) and Unified engineering soil classification systems; and tabulation and comparison of the Food and Agriculture Division of the United Nations (FAO) with the U.S. map. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The publisher, Prentice-Hall Career & Technology
This broad overview of soil scienes covers the complete spectrum of soil topics, and is based on the most current scientific developments in all areas -- taxonomy, soil formation, properties of soils, common soil problems and their solutions, evaluation of soils, and pollution from uses of soils.

Soils in Our Environment

Soils in Our Environment,Raymond W. Miller,Roy L. Donahue,Prentice Hall,0130958034,Agriculture - Agronomy,Crops and soils,Science/Mathematics,Soil Science,Soil management,Technology & Industrial Arts

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