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Rock Weathering

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  • © 1970

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Authors:
  1. Dorothy Carroll

    1. U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, USA

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Part of the book series: Monographs in Geoscience (MOGEO)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Earth’s Crust

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Weathering Environment

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 7-18

  4. Geochemical and Pedochemical Weathering

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 19-24

  5. Soil

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 25-38

  6. Soil Patterns

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 39-68

  7. Amount of Chemical Weathering

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 69-79

  8. Physical Weathering

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 81-88

  9. Chemical Weathering

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 89-115

  10. Biological Activity in Weathering

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 117-128

  11. Temperature in Weathering

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 129-133

  12. Time in Weathering

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 135-144

  13. Trace Elements in Weathering

    • Dorothy Carroll
    Pages 145-168

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 169-203
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About this book

Soil science is perhaps one of the oldest practical sciences, having been of concern to man probably from the time he progressed from a strictly preda­ tory life to one in which agriculture became important. In view of the anti­ quity of concern with the subject, it is perhaps surprising that it can be approached from a fresh viewpoint, as is done in this book. Because soil science is an applied science, it is not surprising that the approach is usually descriptive, rather than imaginative. For agriculturalists and other land users, perhaps the most important part of soil science is the description of soils and the capacities of such soils to maintain crops, and this is reflected by the fact that soil science is usually treated ima highly descriptive manner, with soil classification being one of the main efforts. The treatment of the subject from a geological point of view, with considerable emphasis on the evolution of soils and the reasons governing their composition and form, makes this a highly readable book. Books on soil science are timely, with present-day concern with such major problems as the pollution of our environment and the possibility of overreaching our capacity for producing food for an expanding population.

Authors and Affiliations

  • U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, USA

    Dorothy Carroll

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rock Weathering

  • Authors: Dorothy Carroll

  • Series Title: Monographs in Geoscience

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1794-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1970

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-1796-8Published: 12 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-1794-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 204

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Hydrogeology

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