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Soil Components

Vol. 2: Inorganic Components

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  • © 1975

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Editors:
  1. John E. Gieseking

    1. University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Classification of Soil Silicates and Oxides

    • R. C. Mackenzie
    Pages 1-25

  3. Micas in Macroscopic Forms

    • E. W. Radoslovich
    Pages 27-57

  4. Fine-grained Micas in Soils

    • H. Graf von Reichenbach, C. I. Rich
    Pages 59-95

  5. Smectites

    • J. Mering
    Pages 97-119

  6. The Crystallography of Minerals of the Kaolin Group

    • L. D. Swindale
    Pages 121-154

  7. Vermiculites

    • G. F. Walker
    Pages 155-189

  8. Chlorites

    • S. W. Bailey
    Pages 191-263

  9. Interstratified Clay Minerals

    • D. M. C. MacEwan, A. Ruiz-Amil
    Pages 265-334

  10. Fibrous Minerals

    • S. Hénin, S. Caillère
    Pages 335-349

  11. Allophane

    • M. Fieldes, G. G. C. Claridge
    Pages 351-393

  12. Oxides and Hydrous Oxides of Silicon

    • B. D. Mitchell
    Pages 395-432

  13. Feldspar Minerals

    • E. W. Radoslovich
    Pages 433-448

  14. Heavy Minerals

    • W. A. Mitchell
    Pages 449-480

  15. Bioliths

    • Robert L. Jones, W. W. Hay
    Pages 481-496

  16. Water in Soils

    • H. van Olphen
    Pages 497-527

  17. The Thermal Characteristics of Soil Minerals and the Use of These Characteristics in the Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Clay Minerals in Soils

    • R. C. Mackenzie, S. Caillère
    Pages 529-571

  18. The Characterization of Soil Minerals by Infrared Spectroscopy

    • V. C. Farmer, F. Palmieri
    Pages 573-670

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 671-684
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The major components of most soils are inorganic. These constituents are derived from the weathering of rocks and minerals or from subsequent reaetions and interactions of the weathering products. During the weathering and interactions of weathering products, in­ organic soil colloids are formed. Large amounts of inorganic colloids are essential in soils if they are to support luxurious plant growth. The colloids adsorb water and nutrient element s that might be lost from the soil &ystem and they release these as plants need them. They also adsorb and buffer the soil system against large excesses of soluble toxic substances that might otherwise exist as free moieties in soils. Soil and plant root interactions occur across two interfaces. One is the interface between plant roots and the liquid phase and the other is the interface between the soil particles and the liquid phase. Reaetions across the interface between colloid crystals and the soilliquid phase may also suppress the availability of nutrient elements to plants. The effectiveness of these interfaciaI reaetions in supporting optimum plant growth ultimately depends on the arrangements of ions in the surfaces and subsurfaces of the mineraI crystals. For this reason much of this volume is devoted to the arrangement of ions in crystalline mineraI particles commonly occuring in soils and the properties that these particles contribute to soiI systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

    John E. Gieseking

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Soil Components

  • Book Subtitle: Vol. 2: Inorganic Components

  • Editors: John E. Gieseking

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65917-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-65919-5Published: 20 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-65917-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 684

  • Number of Illustrations: 148 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Earth Sciences, general

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