Sedimentology and pedology

This book focuses on how the ecology and biology of soil organisms is affected by the addition of biochar to soils.

Named "e;Outstanding Academic Title"e; by ChoiceThis encyclopedia, which constitutes a wide ranging and authoritative collection of academic articles, covers the sedimentological aspects of sediments and sedimentary rocks.

This 4-volume set focuses on the use of microbial bioremediation and phytoremediation to clean up pollutants in soil, such as pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, and chlorinated solvents, which reduce the soil's fertility and renders it unfit for plant growth.

This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates.

Addresses connections between the hydrologic cycle and plant ecosystems for advanced students and researchers.

This book, first published in 1981, provides an excellent introductory analysis to plate tectonic theory.

This book analyses the complexities of the rhizosphere ecosystem and discusses the role of insect pheromones in shaping soil health and vermicompost production.

This fully revised edition of Kevin Handreck’s classic best-seller contains a wealth of information for practical gardeners.

This book focuses on the evolution of sedimentary basins of the Arabian Plate and its surroundings.

We hear a lot about how agriculture affects climate change and other environmental issues, but we hear little about how these issues affect agriculture.

Plants are exposed to highly diverse microbiota forming complex interactions in natural environments.

The Discovery of the calcareous Ioffe Drift in the SW Atlantic in 2010 opens new perspectives in the contourite theory.

Fertigation requires a thorough understanding of the science behind the technology to make it deliver the immense possibility it offers in crop production.

Jurassic, basalt, moraine, flint, alluvial, magma: what are these words and what do they have to do with wine?

Global climate change has created unprecedented challenges for human civilization due to its widespread adverse consequences, including a reduction in crop yield and threatening food security across the globe.

This book employs a political ecology lens to unravel how industrial crops catalyse ecological, agrarian, socioeconomic, and institutional transformation.

This book discusses Nevada in the context of the history of soil investigations; soil-forming factors; general soil regions; soil geomorphology; taxonomic structure of the soils; taxonomic soil regions; soil-forming processes; benchmark, endemic, rare, and endangered soils; and use of soils.

One of the main approaches for safeguarding food security, sustainable development has increased demand for knowledge on fertilizer management in crop production.

This essential reference provides an introduction to the remarkable soils and landscapes of Australia.

Spoil to Soil: Mine Site Rehabilitation and Revegetation presents both fundamental and practical aspects of remediation and revegetation of mine sites.

Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis.

This book provides a review of problems during design and construction on problematic soils.

You don't need previous experience.

Proceedings of the 10th Regional Conference for Africa on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering and the 3rd International Conference on Tropical and Residual Soils, held in Maseru, Lesotho, September 1991, are contained in two volumes.

Originally published in 1974, Arctic and Alpine Environments examines, the relatively simple ecosystems of arctic and alpine lands that still occupy extensive areas little disturbed by modern technology.

Increase in global population, drastic changes in the environment, soil degradation and decrease in quality and quantity of agricultural productivity warranted us to adapt sustainable farming practices.

Carbonate Microfabrics is the first attempt to bring together in one reference the application of microfabric analysis to the solution of problems in the fields of geology, geophysics and geotechnique.

This handbook offers effective strategies to modify and adjust crop production processes to decrease the toxicity of soil contaminants, balance soil pH, improve root growth and nutrient uptake, and increase agricultural yield.

Spon's Quarry Guide provides complete and up-to-date information on all of Britain's hard rock quarrying industry.

This important volume provides a plethora of information on aerial vehicles and their possible roles in revolutionizing agricultural procedures through spectral analysis of terrains, soils, crops, water resources, diseases, floods, drought, and farm activities.

There is an urgent need to increase agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa in a sustainable and economically-viable manner.

This new volume looks at the evolution and challenges of sustainable agriculture, a field that is growing in use and popularity, discussing some of the important ideas, practices, and policies that are essential to an effective sustainable agriculture strategy.

This book, first published in 1902, is the product of the detailed geological survey undertaken by the Borneo Expedition of the late nineteenth century.

A review of the evidence underpinning the Anthropocene as a geological epoch, written by the Anthropocene Working Group investigating it.

Tropical ecosystems - the regions between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn - play an important role in global processes, economic issues, and political concerns.

Part I: Introduction: Definition of a Discipline: Emergence of Landscape Ecology in the History of Ecology; Recognition of Heterogeneity in Ecological Systems; Taking Human Activities into Account in Ecological Systems; Explicit Accounting for Space and Time; Landscape Ecology is based on Scientific Theories Linked to Ecology and Related Discipline

A richly illustrated survey of rock microstructures in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, from basic concepts to cutting-edge research.

The depletion of land resources is one of the greatest challenges for mankind in this millennium.

This book, first published in 1980, is a timely and comprehensive appraisal of thresholds in geomorphology.

The updated textbook is intended to serve as an advanced and detailed treatment of the evolution of the subject of stratigraphy from its disparate beginnings as separate studies of sedimentology, lithostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, etc.

This book describes the interactions between soil minerals and microorganisms to more specialized areas such as the formation of desert varnishes.

In the last forty years, at least fifty books have been written on the subject of soil mechanics, most of them textbooks.

The Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), focus of this special publication, is a prolific hydrocarbon region and both exploration and production activity remains high to this day with a positive production outlook.

The first edition of Understanding Vineyard Soils has been praised for its comprehensive coverage of soil topics relevant to viticulture.

A comprehensive account of ore-forming processes, revised and updated The revised second edition of Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a guide to the multiplicity of geological processes that result in the formation of mineral deposits.

The Tank Cascade System (TCS) of Sri Lanka is a connected series of tanks organized within a micro-catchment of a dry zone landscape for storing, conveying, and utilizing water from a temporary stream.

By the year 2050, the world's population is expected to reach nine billion.

By the year 2050, the world's population is expected to reach nine billion.

This novel book bridges the gap between the energetic and species approaches to studying food webs, addressing many important topics in ecology.

Ecological restoration is a rapidly evolving discipline that is engaged with developing both methodologies and strategies for repairing damaged and polluted ecosystems and environments.