HANDBOOK OF SOIL SCIENCES: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

By T. LAONA

CONTENTS PART I SOIL PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL INTERFACIAL INTERACTIONS 1 THE ROLE OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION IN ELUCIDATING THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF METAL(LOIDS) AND NUTRIENTS AT CRITICAL ZONE INTERFACES 2 CLAY–ORGANIC INTERACTIONS IN SOIL ENVIRONMENTS 3 NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOIL SCIENCE 4 IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL NANOPARTICLES ON CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS 5 ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY AS INFLUENCED BY SOIL MINERAL AND HUMIC COLLOIDS AND ITS IMPACT ON BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES 6 BIOGEOCHEMICAL, BIOPHYSICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THE RHIZOSPHERE 7 MINERALOGICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL, AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON SOIL ORGANIC MATTER STABILIZATION AND TURNOVER 8 IMPACT OF SOIL PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF METALS AND METALLOIDS 9 SOIL PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INTERFACIAL PROCESSES GOVERNING THE FATE OF ANTHROPOGENIC ORGANIC POLLUTANTS 10 IMPACT OF SOIL PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS ON TRANSPORT OF NUTRIENTS AND POLLUTANTS IN THE CRITICAL ZONE PART II SOIL FERTILITY AND PLANT NUTRITION 11 BIOAVAILABILITY OF N, P, K, CA, MG, S, SI, AND MICRONUTRIENTS 12 SOIL ACIDITY AND LIMING 13 SOIL FERTILITY EVALUATION 14 FUNDAMENTALS OF FERTILIZER APPLICATION 15 NUTRIENT AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY 16 NUTRIENT INTERACTIONS IN SOIL FERTILITY AND PLANT NUTRITION PART III INTERDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF SOIL SCIENCE 17 SALINE AND BORON-AFFECTED SOILS 18 SODICITY 19 SOIL WATER REPELLENCY 20 BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF WETLANDS 21 ACID SULFATE SOILS 22 WATER EROSION 23 WIND EROSION 24 LAND APPLICATION OF WASTES 25 CONSERVATION TILLAGE 26 SOIL QUALITY PART IV SOIL DATABASES 27 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF WORLD AND REGIONAL SOIL DATABASES AND MAPS 28 UNITED STATES SOIL SURVEY DATABASES 29 INTEGRATED DIGITAL, SPATIAL, AND ATTRIBUTE DATABASES FOR SOILS IN BRAZIL 30 DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF SOIL MAPS AND DATABASES IN CHINA 31 SOIL GEOGRAPHIC DATABASE OF RUSSIA 32 SOIL DATABASES IN AFRICA 33 LEARNING ABOUT SOIL RESOURCES WITH DIGITAL SOIL MAPS