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Our good earth : a natural history of soil / Berman Hudson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hudson, Berman D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soils.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, United States of America : Algora Publishing, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The author explains the science and the importance of soil, with a description of how soils have evolved over the past 3.5 billion years and how they affect human civilization"--
- Contents:
- What is soil and why does it matter?
- The earth's surface : a history
- Rocks and rock weathering
- Clay and how it forms
- To the sea and back
- The living surface
- Parent material and climate
- Organisms, topography, and time
- How soils evolved
- Nitrogen : a perverse chemistry.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-62894-397-1
- OCLC:
- 1150847323
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