Sedimentology and pedology

This user-friendly book introduces biochar to potential users in the professional sphere.

Organic farming is not only a philosophy; it is also a well-researched science.

Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate considers the consequences of changes in the atmosphere and climate on the integrity, stability, and productivity of agroecosystems.

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

The first comprehensive, state-of-the-art introduction to the fast-evolving topic of in-situ produced cosmogenic nuclides, for graduate students and practitioners.

The book offers systematic dynamic analysis of soils and their engineering applications, including machine foundations, and aims to develop a clear understanding of the subject.

Europe has a long history of managing coastal erosion through a variety of protection strategies, from the defences of the Venice lagoons to coastal land reclamation in the Netherlands.

This inter-disciplinary book provides the latest advanced knowledge of plant effects on vegetated soil properties such as water retention capability, water permeability function, shear strength, slope hydrology, movements and failure mechanisms, and applies this knowledge to the solution of slope stability problems.

In the captivating book Biochar Amendments for Environmental Remediation, readers are invited to explore the critical role of biochar in fostering a cleaner environment through its eco-friendly, cost-effective, and sustainable applications such as removal of diverse pollutants from water and wastewater.

Put Theory into PracticeScarcity of natural resources, higher costs, higher demand, and concerns about environmental pollution- under these circumstances, improving food supply worldwide with adequate quantity and quality is fundamental.

This book reviews of recent findings on the mitigation of gas emission from landfills and sludge processing.

Seed conditioning is the final process that establishes the quality of a seed lot and determines its value.

The first book devoted to the complex interactions between trace elements, soils, plants, and microorganisms in the rhizosphere, Trace Elements in the Rhizosphere brings together the experimental, investigative, and modeling branches of rhizosphere research.

This new volume explores the revolution in the use of smart technologies in agricultural science in recent years.

The book encompasses different Agriculturally Important microorganisms (AIMs), mechanisms of action and modes of application for sustainable agriculture.

For more than 30 years, soil testing has been widely used as a basis for determining lime and fertilizer needs.

Historically, research on the methods and amounts of trace element application to agriculture soils for correcting plant deficiencies has received major attention.

Taking a sustainable approach, this volume explores the various soil management techniques.

This book provides a risk-based framework for developing and implementing strategies to manage PCB-contaminated sediments at sites around the country.

A major part of this sediment transport representation closely follows the progress made in understanding the interactions between a turbulent flow and transportable solid particles.

Today, the agriculture industry is confronted with simultaneous issues of how to fully embrace mass production of safer food in terms of both quality and quantity.

Originally published in 2000, The Arctic provides a comprehensive overview of the region's rapidly changing physical and human dimensions, and demonstrates the importance of communication between natural scientists, social scientists, and local stakeholders in response to the tremendous challenges and opportunities facing the Arctic.

Trace elements occur naturally in soils and some are essential nutrients for plant growth as well as human and animal health.

Crop water use can be increased by management of surface runoff, groundwater, irrigation, and soil water.

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.

This book discusses various issues related to Rainfed Agriculture, for example: Soil and water conservation Drought management strategies Rain-water harvesting Crops and cropping system for dryland agriculture Conservation agriculture Climate-smart agriculture and watershed management The subject matter is both narrative and critical, explained with illustrations and tables.

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.

uring the spring of 1960, an uncle showed me a 'petrifying spring' near Plaxtol in Kent Dwhere twigs had been encased in a calcareous jacket.

Biotechnology and Crop ImprovementThe green revolution led to the development of improved varieties of crops, especially cereals, and since then, classical or molecular breeding has resulted in the creation of economically valuable species.

This book offers a positive response to the challenge to both conserve and improve the soil and water situation particularly on sloping lands.

Since carbon sequestration in soils reduces the amount of carbon available to the atmosphere, the Kyoto Protocols have heightened interest in soil carbon pools and their effect on carbon fluxes.

This state-of-the-art compendium, combining theory with practical examples, looks at the entire biochar supply chain.

This fully revised and updated edition introduces the reader to sedimentology and stratigraphic principles, and provides tools for the interpretation of sediments and sedimentary rocks.

This book describes the laws of sustainable soil management to enhance ecosystem services while restoring degraded soils and promoting sustainable use.

This text, based on an international symposium held in 1994, covers geosynthetic clay liners (GCL), a type of geosynthetic material which blends natural soil and geosynthetics in the form of a composite barrier-system.

Cohesive sediment, or mud, is encountered in most water bodies throughout the world.

This book focuses on the recent advents and technological breakthroughs in metagenomic approaches coupled with their applications in agriculture.

This book offers many examples of calcareous microfossils and describes a new microfaunistic record in Argentina.

This new volume emphasizes the drastic quantitative and qualitative transformation of our surrounding environment and looks at bioresource management and the tools needed to manageenvironmental stresses.

Concerns regarding heavy metal contamination in terrestrial ecosystems have prompted increasing efforts on limiting their bioavailability in the root zone.

Phytoremediation has evolved into an important tool to improve the bioremediation process since it is an innovative green technology that uses a wide variety of plants to remediate radioactive metals and elements, organics, and chemicals from soil, sediment, surface water, and groundwater environmental pollutants.

'Coal' and 'China' to some extent have become synonymous.

The increasing awareness of the effects of pollutants in the eco-system and on the development of suitable methods of analysis has stimulated a lot of research recently.

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This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia.

Relying on the latest analytical techniques, this all-embracing new reference offers comprehensive coverage of the development, evolution, and morphology of both fossil and living cephalopods.

Winner of the 2017 CBHL Literature Award of Excellence in Landscape Design and ArchitecturePhyto presents the concepts of phytoremediation and phytotechnology in one comprehensive guide, illustrating when plants can be considered for the uptake, removal or mitigation of on-site pollutants.

This handbook series includes several naturally occurring chemicals that exhibit biological activity.

This book teaches the principles of soil mechanics to undergraduates, along with other properties of engineering materials.