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Soils, Plants and Clay Minerals

Mineral and Biologic Interactions

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Pierre Velde

    1. École Normale Supérieure, CNRS Paris, Paris, France

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  2. Pierre Barré

    1. Labo. d'Ecologie, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Objectives and Background

    • Bruce Velde, Pierre Barré
    Pages 1-39

  3. The Soil Profile: The Structure of Plant – Mineral Interaction Space

    • Bruce Velde, Pierre Barré
    Pages 41-91

  4. Physical Factors Affecting Soil Profiles: The Three Dimensional Aspect of Plant – Mineral Interaction: Displacements

    • Bruce Velde, Pierre Barré
    Pages 93-128

  5. Clay Minerals in Soils: The Interface Between Plants and the Mineral World

    • Bruce Velde, Pierre Barré
    Pages 129-170

  6. The Chemistry and Mineralogy of Plant and Soil Interactions: Plant as Manipulators of Their Environment

    • Bruce Velde, Pierre Barré
    Pages 171-254

  7. Man and Agriculture: Manipulating Soil – Plant Interactions

    • Bruce Velde, Pierre Barré
    Pages 255-303

  8. Plants and Soils: The Ecological Paradigm of Plants and Clays

    • Bruce Velde, Pierre Barré
    Pages 305-313

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 337-349
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This book represents a rather complicated history of encounters, changes in research interest and some very interesting results. Initially it is the very fruitful interaction of Ecology and Geology. The point of view of ecologists is extremely refreshing for hard science people. Interaction and inter-relationships are the focus of Ecology whereas the traditional sciences, such as Geology, have tried to isolate the natural phenomena so that thye could be studied in a more rigorous manner. The traditional sciences were of course natural science – based since the world to be observed was at the door step of everyone, mountains, weather patterns, plants and so forth. Chemistry and Physics were de ned after Mathematics in order to establish more precise and viable principles of the behavior of the materials that formed the world around mankind. It became quite clear that the observation of the natural world was too complicated to consider all of the possible variables which could affect anobserved process or situation. The systems were simpli ed and taken into the laboratory in order to better master the phenomena observed. Physics c- cerned itself with non-reacting materials, subjected to essentially mechanical forces.

Authors and Affiliations

  • École Normale Supérieure, CNRS Paris, Paris, France

    Pierre Velde

  • Labo. d'Ecologie, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

    Pierre Barré

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