Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 Composition of soil
- 2 Interaction of soil and water
- 3 Measurement of water content and potential
- 4 Principles of water movement in soil
- 5 Distribution of water in soil
- 6 Ground water in soils and aquifers
- 7 The use of isotopes and other tracers in soil water and groundwater studies
- 8 Soil structure
- 9 Deformation of soil
- 10 Management of soil water
- 11 Soil erosion and conservation
- 12 Chemical transport in soil
- 13 The physical environment of roots
- 14 Plants and soil water
- Appendixes
- References
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 Composition of soil
- 2 Interaction of soil and water
- 3 Measurement of water content and potential
- 4 Principles of water movement in soil
- 5 Distribution of water in soil
- 6 Ground water in soils and aquifers
- 7 The use of isotopes and other tracers in soil water and groundwater studies
- 8 Soil structure
- 9 Deformation of soil
- 10 Management of soil water
- 11 Soil erosion and conservation
- 12 Chemical transport in soil
- 13 The physical environment of roots
- 14 Plants and soil water
- Appendixes
- References
- Index
Summary
In the preceding editions, the application of soil physics to agriculture, hydrology, and engineering has been treated as an important part of the book. This is carried further in the third edition in which new chapters have been added on soil erosion and on the transport of chemicals in soil. Again, the treatment relies upon the underlying physical processes.
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- Soil Physics , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996