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New Trends in Soil Micromorphology

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Editors:
  1. Selim Kapur

    1. Department of Soil and Archaeometry, University of Cukorova, Adana, Turkey

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  2. Ahmet Mermut

    1. Dept. Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8, Canada

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  3. Georges Stoops

    1. Dept. Geology & Soil Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium

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  • First book of its kind on soil micromorphology introducing soil ecology and archaeology
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. The Role of Soil Micromorphology in the Light of the European Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection

    • W.E.H. Blum
    Pages 1-4

  3. Soil Micromorphology and Soil Hydraulics

    • Marcello Pagliai, Miroslav Kutilek
    Pages 5-18

  4. Micromorphology of a Soil Catena in Yucatán: Pedogenesis and Geomorphological Processes in a Tropical Karst Landscape

    • Sergey Sedov, Elizabeth Solleiro-Rebolledo, Scott L. Fedick, Teresa Pi-Puig, Ernestina Vallejo-Gómez, María de Lourdes Flores-Delgadillo
    Pages 19-37

  5. Soil Evolution Along a Toposequence on Glacial and Periglacial Materials in the Pyrenees Range

    • Jaume Boixadera, Montserrat Antúnez, Rosa Maria Poch
    Pages 39-65

  6. A Micromorphological Study of Andosol Genesis in Iceland

    • G. Stoops, M. Gérard, O. Arnalds
    Pages 67-89

  7. Improved Paleopedological Reconstruction of Vertic Paleosols at Novaya Etuliya, Moldova Via Integration of Soil Micromorphology and Environmental Magnetism

    • A. Tsatskin, T.S. Gendler, F. Heller
    Pages 91-110

  8. Ferricretes in Tamil Nadu, Chennai, South-Eastern India: From Landscape to Micromorphology, Genesis, and Paleoenvironmental Significance

    • Hema Achyuthan, N. Fedoroff
    Pages 111-136

  9. Palygorskite Dominated Vertisols of Southern Iran

    • A. Heidari, S. Mahmoodi, G. Stoops
    Pages 137-150

  10. Contribution of Micromorphology to Classification of Aridic Soils

    • Maria Gerasimova, Marina Lebedeva
    Pages 151-162

  11. Orientation and Spacing of Columnar Peds in a Sodic, Texture Contrast Soil in Australia

    • P.G. Walsh, G.S. Humphreys
    Pages 163-198

  12. Physical Fractionation and Cryo-Coupe Analysis of Mormoder Humus

    • J. van Mourik, S. Blok
    Pages 199-210

  13. Regional Manifestation of the Widespread Disruption of Soil-Landscapes by the 4 kyr BP Impact-Linked Dust Event Using Pedo-Sedimentary Micro-Fabrics

    • Marie-Agnès Courty, Alex Crisci, Michel Fedoroff, Kliti Grice, Paul Greenwood, Michel Mermoux et al.
    Pages 211-236

  14. Clay Illuviation in a Holocene Palaeosol -Sequence in the Chinese Loess Plateau

    • He Xiubin, Bao Yuhai, Hua Lizhong, Tang Keli
    Pages 237-252

  15. Soil Microstructure and Solution Chemistry of a Compacted Forest Soil in a Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone in Canada

    • J. M. Arocena, Z. Chen, P. Sanborn
    Pages 253-271

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 273-276
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The soil water retention curve, the saturated hydraulic conductivity and the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity function are basic soil hydraulic functions and parameters. Ample apprehension of the soil hydraulic functions and parameters is required for a successful formulation of the principles leading to sustainable soil management, agricultural production and environmental protection. From these, all the other parameters, required in the solution of the practical tasks, are derived. The basic soil hydraulic functions are strongly dependent upon the soil porous system. The development of models is characteristic by the gradual transition from the simplest concepts up to the sophisticated approaches, which should correspond to the visual reality studied by soil micromorphology. 2 Soil Porous System and Soil Micromorphometry 2.1 An Overview on the Quantification of the Soil Porous System Quanti? cation of the soil porous system consists of classi? cation of soil pores, ch- acterization of the soil pores shapes and the estimation of the pore size distribution function. When the hydraulic functions of the soil pores are considered, the following laws of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics are applied as best ? tting to the classi? cation criteria of the size of the pores (Kutilek and Nielsen 1994, p. 20, Kutilek 2004): A. Submicroscopic pores that are so small that they preclude clusters of water molecules from forming ? uid particles or continuous water ? ow paths.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Soil and Archaeometry, University of Cukorova, Adana, Turkey

    Selim Kapur

  • Dept. Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8, Canada

    Ahmet Mermut

  • Dept. Geology & Soil Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium

    Georges Stoops

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