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The Soils of Turkey

  • Offers a unique compendium that gathers all available and relevant information on the soils of Turkey
  • Includes soil survey studies conducted in Turkey by universities and governmental institutes from the early 1950s until today
  • Explains soil science, micromorphology, pedoarcheology, and soil ecology
  • Describes earth sciences, geology, geoarcheology, and weathering
  • Covers topics such as geography, quaternary sciences, and hydrology
  • Enriches readers’ understanding of biology and plant nutrition as well as agriculture and forestry
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: World Soils Book Series (WSBS)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Historical Perspective of Soil Research in Turkey

    • Hikmet Günal, Koray Haktanır, Selim Kapur
    Pages 1-13
  3. Vegetation

    • İbrahim Atalay
    Pages 15-24
  4. Climate

    • Ufuk Utku Turunçoğlu, Murat Türkeş, Deniz Bozkurt, Barış Önol, Ömer Lütfi Şen, Hasan Nüzhet Dalfes
    Pages 25-44
  5. Climate Change and Soils

    • Selim Kapur, Mehmet Aydın, Erhan Akça, Paul Reich
    Pages 45-55
  6. Geology

    • Mehmet Cemal Göncüoğlu
    Pages 57-73
  7. Pedogeomorphology

    • İbrahim Atalay, Cemal Saydam, Selahattin Kadir, Muhsin Eren
    Pages 75-103
  8. Soil Geography

    • Mehmet Ali Çullu, Hikmet Günal, Erhan Akça, Selim Kapur
    Pages 105-109
  9. Cambisols and Leptosols

    • Erhan Akça, Sevda Polat, Somayyeh Razzaghi, Nadia Vignozzi, Zülküf Kaya, Selim Kapur
    Pages 111-128
  10. Fluvisols

    • Hasan Özcan
    Pages 129-137
  11. Calcisols and Leptosols

    • Erhan Akça, Salih Aydemir, Selahattin Kadir, Muhsin Eren, Claudio Zucca, Hikmet Günal et al.
    Pages 139-167
  12. Vertisols

    • Hasan Özcan, Salih Aydemir, Mehmet Ali Çullu, Hikmet Günal, Muhsin Eren, Selahattin Kadir et al.
    Pages 169-206
  13. Alisols-Acrisols

    • Hasan Özcan, Orhan Dengiz, Sabit Erşahin
    Pages 207-215
  14. Podzols

    • Hüseyin Ekinci, Hasan Özcan, Orhan Yüksel, Sabit Erşahin
    Pages 217-221
  15. Kastanozems

    • Ertuğrul Aksoy, Gökhan Özsoy, Ekin Ulaş Karaata, Duygu Boyraz
    Pages 223-229
  16. Luvisols

    • Mustafa Sarı, Yusuf Kurucu, Erhan Akça, Muhsin Eren, Selahattin Kadir, Hikmet Günal et al.
    Pages 231-249
  17. Regosols

    • Yusuf Kurucu, Mustafa Tolga Esetlili, Erhan Akça, Mehmet Ali Çullu
    Pages 251-258
  18. Rendzic Leptosols

    • Yusuf Kurucu, Mustafa Tolga Esetlili
    Pages 259-266
  19. Solonchaks and Solonchak-Like Soils

    • Hasan Özcan, Mehmet Ali Çullu, Hikmet Günal, Hüseyin Ekinci, Mesut Budak, Ali Sungur et al.
    Pages 267-283
  20. Lixisols

    • Orhan Dengiz, Hasan Özcan, Sabit Erşahin
    Pages 285-290

About this book

This book compiles all available and relevant information concerning the soils of Turkey, including the soil survey studies conducted by universities and governmental institutes from the early 1950s until today. Recent findings and advances include the description and analyses of new profiles from some parts of the country by the chapter authors; reflecting the latest version of the World Reference Base (WRB) soil system, they produce a refined soil map. 

The book offers valuable guidance on soil management for planners of agricultural strategies, land management experts concerned with terrestrial carbon management (soil-sequestered and biomass carbon) and climate change mitigation, and educators concerned with raising awareness for the long-neglected significance of Turkey’s soils.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, University of Çukurova, Adana, Turkey

    Selim Kapur

  • School of Technical Sciences, University of Adıyaman, Adıyaman, Turkey

    Erhan Akça

  • Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey

    Hikmet Günal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Soils of Turkey

  • Editors: Selim Kapur, Erhan Akça, Hikmet Günal

  • Series Title: World Soils Book Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64392-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64390-8Published: 17 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87781-5Published: 18 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64392-2Published: 30 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1255

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-1263

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 369

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 275 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Soil Science & Conservation

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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