Tropical Soils and Soil Survey

This is a book about tropical soils written from the point of view of the field soil scientist.

A. Young (Author)

9780521297684, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 25 September 1980

480 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.7 kg

Originally published in 1976, this is a book about tropical soils written from the point of view of the field soil scientist. In includes a discussion of methods of soil survey in less developed countries, and its role in land development planning. Whilst primarily directed at those concerned with, or training for, field studies of soils in the tropics, the book was also aimed at non-specialists, including agriculturalists, economists, and planners, as well as anyone with a wish to understand the significance of soils in agriculture and economic development.

Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I. Soil Formation in the Tropics: 1. Environment
2. Processes
3. Soil properties
4. Organic matter
Part II. Soils of the Tropics: 5. Soil types
6. Latosols
7. Laterite
8. Other pedalfers
9. Vertisols
10. Soils of the dry tropics
11. Halomorphic soils
12. Gleys and alluvial soils
Part III. Soil Classification and Evolution: 13. Classification
14. Problems of soil evolution
15. The soil catena
Part IV. Soil Fertility, Soil Survey and Land Evaluation: 16. Soil fertility
17. Crops and soils
18. Soil survey and soil maps
19. Methods of soil survey
20. Land evaluation
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Physical geography & topography [RGB]