Soil clays : linking geology, biology, agriculture, and the environment / G. Jock Churchman, Bruce Velde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Churchman, G. J., author.

Velde, B. (Bruce), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clay soils.

Clay.

Soils.

Soil mineralogy.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2019]

Summary:

"This book aims to help improve predictions of important properties of soils through a modern understanding of their highly reactive clay minerals as they are formed and occur in soils worldwide. It examines how clays occur in soils and the role of soil clays in disparate applications"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction and definitions

Soil clays : mineralogy

Geology : defining the starting point for soil and clay formation

Primary minerals and their alteration by weathering

Driving forces of alteration

Chemistry of alteration by weathering

Formation of clays in the soil zone of alteration

Nature and origin of surface soil clays

The importance of climate in the formation of soil clays

Associations of soil clays

Occurrence and extraction of soil clays

Identification and quantification of clay minerals in soils

Surfaces, surface reactions, and particle size effects

Role of soil clays in agriculture, the environment, and society

Summary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Churchman, G. Jock, Soil clays

ISBN:

9781498770057

1498770053

OCLC:

1104221390

Publisher Number:

99981673390