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The first process-based textbook on how soils form and function in biogeochemical cycles, offering a self-contained and integrated overview of the field as it now stands for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in soil science, environmental science, and the wider Earth sciences. The jargon-free approach quickly familiarises students with the field's theoretical foundations before moving on to analyse chemical and other numerical data, building the necessary skills to develop questions and strategies for original research by the end of a…
The first textbook to address the biogeochemical processes that occur in soil, written for a modern and multidisciplinary audience
Jargon-free approach enables students to quickly grasp concepts
The first textbook that shows students how to access and interpret the vast USDA soil data archive, helping to build an employable skillset
Designed as a toolkit to help clarify the way science works, so that students will be able to develop their own questions and strategies for original research
Derives theories from the peer reviewed literature linked to real applications, so that students can better understand the context and questions of the science
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Author
Ronald Amundson,University of California, Berkeley
Ronald Amundson has spent his career at Berkeley working to integrate and expand an appreciation of soils within the earth sciences. By utilizing principles of isotope geochemistry, he has developed isotopic tools for environmental and paleoclimate studies, and helped develop new methods of dating soils and landscapes. He has nearly two decades of research experience in the Atacama Desert of Chile exploring the climate threshold between the biotic and abiotic regions on Earth, and how this can ultimately inform us about the history of our planetary neighbour, Mars. Amundson is an elected Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America and the American Geophysical Union.