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Soil Structure, Its Development and Function

Editors

K.H. Hartge, Retired Professor of Soil Science, Department of Geosciences, University of Hannover, Germany, and B.A. Stewart, Director, Dryland Agriculture Institute, West Texas A&M University, Canyon Series Editor, Advances in Soil Science

A Volume in the Advances in Soil Sciences Series

Soil Structure offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of soil structure and its relevance to wide ranging investigations in environmental sciences. Topics covered in Soil Structure include soil structure determination, soil fabric genesis and functions, strength and stress distribution, fabric changes in plastic clays, the effects of organic matter and earthworms, air slaking, and hydraulic conductivity changes. The book also discusses litter decomposition and matter transport, the characterization of pore organization, monitoring via a neutron activated tracer, various influences on growth and phosphorus supply of plants and on water uptake by plants, the effects of acidification, and much more. Improved procedures for measuring and calculating the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of structured soils are also given.

Features

• Offers results and descriptions of soil structure research by international experts in soil science, biophysics, geology, microbiology, plant nutrition, zoology, and interdisciplinary environmental sciences
• Describes methods and procedures for monitoring, measuring, and calculating soil structure and soil properties
• Provides historical development on which to build future research
• Discusses the effects of soil structure on microbial biomass

Audience

Soil and crop scientists/researchers, environmental soil quality scientists, soil conservationists and managers, ground water professionals and scientists.

Contents

• Determination of Soil Structure at Various Scales U. Babel, K.H. Hartge, R. Horn, and H. Wiechmann
• Morphological Investigations on Genesis and Functions of Soil Fabric - Places, Pathways, Boundaries U. Babel, H. Vogel, M. Krebs, G. Leithold, and C. Hemmann
• Effect of Aggregate Strength on Strength and Stress Distribution in Structured Soils R. Horn, T. Baumgartl, R. Kayser, and S. Baasch
• Strength Distributions in Soil Aggregates H.H. Becher
• Fabric Changes in Plastic Clays by Freezing and Thawing K.A. Czurda, S. Ludwig, and R. Schababerle
• Mechanical Properties of Soils as Influenced by the Incorporation of Organic Matter H.Q. Zhang and K.H. Hartge
• Earthworm Effects on Soil Fabric with Emphasis on Soil Stability and Soil Water Movement S. Schrader, M. Joschko, H. Kula, and O. Larink
• Development of Soil Structure, Soil Chemical, Biological, Physical, and Mechanical Properties of Reclaimed Soils Derived from Loess and Harbour Sediments R. Schneider and D. Schröder
• Mechanisms of Air Slaking S. Gäth and H.-G. Frede
• Earthworm Burrows as a Structural Element of Intensively Used Arable Loess Soils K.R. Poier and J. Richter
• Change of Saturated/Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity Under Geostatic Stress Conditions H. Becker, V. Feeser, D. Guenther, F. Kramer, G. Matthess, J. Michaelsen, H. Thien, and P. Widmoser
• Litter Decomposition and Matter Transport in Beds of Soil Aggregates S. Augustin, M. Jansen, E. Priesack, and F. Beese
• Characterizing Pore Organization by Soil Physical Parameters W. Ehlers, O. Wendroth, and F. de Mol
• Monitoring the Translocation of Soil Particles Using a Neutron Activated Tracer B. Riebe
• Improved Procedures for the Measurement and Calculation of Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Structured Soils C.H. Roth, R. Plagge, H. Bohl, and M. Renger
• Effects of Soil Structure on Microbial Biomass T.-H. Anderson and K.H. Domsch
• Does Acidification Affect Soil Structure? G. Völker, P. Benecke, and J. Friedrich
• The Influence of Soil Porosity and Matric Water Potential on Water Uptake by Plants C. Sommer, H.J. Dürr, and M. Schwarz
• Influence of Soil Compaction on Growth and Phosphorus Supply of Plants C. Hoffmann and A. Jungk
• Concluding Remarks K.H. Hartge
• Index
• Chapter References

June 1995, 448 pp., ISBN: 1-56670-173-2
U.S. $89.95