FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL PHYSICS
CONTENTS CHAPTER AMENDING SUBSOIL WITH COMPOSTED POULTRY LITTER-I: EFFECTS ON SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES 1 INTRODUCTION 2 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST REFERENCES CHAPTER SOIL COMPACTION AND SEALANT APPLICATION FOR COMPACTED EARTHEN LINERS 2 METHODS AND MATERIALS 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE AGROPHYSICS 2 HISTORY 3 AGROPHYSICS IN OTHER COUNTRIES 4 AGROPHYSICAL CONFERENCES 5 AGROPHYSICAL JOURNALS 6 DICTIONARIES AND BOOKS, MAPS 7 DATA BANKS (SOIL PROBE BANK) 8 AGROPHYSICS — EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE 9 POLISH SOCIETY OF AGROPHYSICS 10 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE OF AGROPHYSICS OF POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11 FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AGROPHYSICAL SCIENCES (FRNA) 12 PROTOTYPE APPARATUS AND INVESTIGATION METHODS DISTRIBUTIONS OF CADMIUM AND LEAD IN PERI-URBAN WETLANDS AS INFLUENCED BY SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, CLAY FRACTION, AND MOISTURE CONTENT 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS EFFECTS OF LAND COVER CHANGE ON EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND STREAM FLOW OF SMALL CATCHMENTS 3 RESULTS 4 DISCUSSION COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM C EXCHANGE AND REED CANARY GRASS 2 MATERIALS & METHODS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IMPACTS OF TREATED WASTEWATER REUSE ON SOME SOIL PROPERTIES AND PRODUCTION OF GLADIOLUS COMMUNIS 3 IRRIGATION METHOD 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION RECOMMENDATIONS SOIL QUALITY FOR EVALUATING SMALL AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS MEASUREMENT OF AEOLIAN MASS FLUX CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS MONITORING OF SOIL WATER CONTENT AND MULTIPLE SOIL-AIR-VEGETATION PARAMETERS 2 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGIES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON LIVELIHOODS 2 METHODS 3 BUILDING RESILIENCE TO CHALLENGE THE HARSH CONDITIONS: SLM GOVERNANCE FACTORS 4 DRIVERS OF LAND DEGRADATION AND DESERTIFICATION 5 STATUS OF LAND RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT 6 EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPACT OF SWC 7 POLICY ORIENTED RECOMMENDATIONS SOIL DEGRADATION: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS 1 SOURCES OF LAND DEGRADATION 2 AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES LEADING TO LAND DEGRADATION IN INDIA 3 EXTENT AND CAUSES OF SOIL DEGRADATION BY REGION 4 STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE LAND DEGRADATION THE ROLE OF SOIL TEST INFORMATION IN REDUCING GROUNDWATER POLLUTION 2 STUDY REGION, GROUNDWATER CONCERNS, AND USE OF SOIL TESTS 3 A PROGRAMMING MODEL OF SOIL TESTING 4 PROCEDURES 5 RESULTS 6 IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS AN INNOVATIVE AGRO-FORESTRY SUPPLY CHAIN FOR RESIDUAL BIOMASS: PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION OF BIOCHAR FROM OLIVE AND HAZELNUT PELLETS BIOCHAR AS A SAND-BASED ROOTZONE WATER INFILTRATION AND TIME TO RECHARGE THE PROFILE OF SOILS SPATIAL PREDICTION OF SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STOCKS 2 MATERIAL AND METHODS CHAPTER ? LEACHING FROM POULTRY LITTER [5,7,8] OTHER UNDESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS EUTROPHICATION, PRODUCTION OF PHYTOTOXIC SUBSTANCES, AIR POLLUTION, AND EMISSION OF OZONE DEPLETING GASES HAVE ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF THIS WASTE PRODUCT [7]