Soil Chemical Methods
Author: G. E. Rayment
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 517
ISBN-13: 064306768X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes over 200 laboratory and field chemical tests relevant to Australasia and beyond.
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Australian Laboratory Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical Methods
Author: G. E. Rayment
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume 3 of a three-volume set of Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbooks for the practising chemist/analyst, setting out guidelines for the survey of components of land resources. It is designed to minimise the effect of such variables in surveying as the choice of analytical methods, quality of field sampling, preservation of samples, etc, and to promote standardisation of soil and water analysis.
Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook
Author: National Committee on Soil and Terrain,
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2009-03-31
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0643098615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook specifies methods and terminology for soil and land surveys. It has been widely used throughout Australia, providing one reference set of definitions for the characterisation of landform, vegetation, land surface, soil and substrate. The book advocates that a comprehensive suite of land and soil attributes be recorded in a uniform manner. This approach is more useful than the allocation of land or soil to preconceived types or classes. The third edition includes revised chapters on location and vegetation as well as some new landform elements. These updates have been guided by the National Committee on Soil and Terrain, a steering committee comprising representatives from key federal, state and territory land resource assessment agencies. Essential reading for all professionals involved in land resource surveys, this book will also be of value to students and educators in soil science, geography, ecology, agriculture, forestry, resource management, planning, landscape architecture and engineering.
Australian Soil and Land Survey
Author: Ronald C. McDonald
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook specifies methods, standards and terminology for the description of sites in the field. It provides Australia with one set of definitions and has been designed for field use. This edition has been revised and contains a number of new sections. The book is aimed at students and educators in soil science, geography, ecology, agriculture, forestry, resource management, planning, landscape architecture and engineering.
GlobalSoilMap
Author: Dominique Arrouays
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2014-01-27
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 1138001198
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGlobalSoilMap: Basis of the global spatial soil information system contains contributions that were presented at the 1st GlobalSoilMap conference, held 7-9 October 2013 in Orléans, France. These contributions demonstrate the latest developments in the GlobalSoilMap project and digital soil mapping technology for which the ultimate aim is to produce a high resolution digital spatial soil information system of selected soil properties and their uncertainties for the entire world. GlobalSoilMap: Basis of the global spatial soil information system aims to stimulate capacity building and new incentives to develop full GlobalSoilMap products in all parts of the world.
The Soils of Aotearoa New Zealand
Author: Allan E. Hewitt
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-02-19
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 3030647633
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers an introduction to the soils of Aotearoa New Zealand, structured according to the New Zealand soil classification system. Starting with an overview of the importance and distribution of New Zealand soils, it subsequently provides essential information on each of the 15 New Zealand soil orders in separate chapters. Each chapter, illustrated with diagrams and photographs in colour, includes a summary of the main features of the soils in the order, their genesis and relationships with landscapes, their key properties including examples of physical and chemical characteristics, and their classification, use, and management. The book then features a chapter on soils in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica and concludes by considering New Zealand soils in a global context, soil-formation pathways, and methods used in New Zealand to evaluate soils and assist in land-management decisions. Information about how to access detailed information via links to the Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research website is also included.
Guideline for Salinity Assessment, Mitigation and Adaptation Using Nuclear and Related Techniques
Author: Mohammad Zaman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-11-28
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 331996190X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access book is an outcome of the collaboration between the Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and Dr. Shabbir A Shahid, Senior Salinity Management Expert, Freelancer based in United Arab Emirates.The objective of this book is to develop protocols for salinity and sodicity assessment and develop mitigation and adaptation measures to use saline and sodic soils sustainably. The focus is on important issues related to salinity and sodicity and to describe these in an easy and user friendly way. The information has been compiled from the latest published literature and from the authors’ publications specific to the subject matter. The book consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the terms salinity and sodicity and describes various salinity classification systems commonly used around the world. Chapter 2 reviews global distribution of salinization and socioeconomic aspects related to salinity and crop production. Chapters 3 covers comprehensively salinity and sodicity adaptation and mitigation options including physical, chemical, hydrological and biological methods. Chapter 4 discusses the efforts that have been made to demonstrate the development of soil salinity zones under different irrigation systems. Chapter 5 discusses the quality of irrigation water, boron toxicity and relative tolerance to boron, the effects of chlorides on crops. Chapter 6 introduces the role of nuclear techniques in saline agriculture.
Soil Chemical Methods
Author: G. E. Rayment
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 495
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCadmium in Soils and Plants
Author: M.J. McLaughlin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9401144737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver forty years ago, concern was first focussed on cadmium contamination of soils, fertilisers and the food chain. Adverse effects on human health were first highlighted nearly 30 years ago in Japan with the outbreak of Itai-itai disease. Since then, substantial research data have accumulated for cadmium on chemistry in soils, additions to soils, uptake by plants, adverse effects on the soil biota and transfer through the food chain. However, this information has never been compiled into a single volume. This was the stimulus for the Kevin G. Tiller Memorial Symposium "Cadmium in Soils, Plants and the Food Chain", held at the University of California, Berkeley, in June 1997 as part of the Fourth International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements. This symposium brought together leading scientists in the field of cadmium behaviour in soils and plants, to review the scientific data in the literature and highlight gaps in our current knowledge of the subject. This series of review papers are presented here and deal with the chemistry of cadmium in soils, the potential for transfer through the food chain and management to minimise this problem. We hope this information provides a sound scientific basis to assist development of policies and regulations for controlling cadmium in the soil environment.
Soil Physical Measurement and Interpretation for Land Evaluation
Author: Keppel Coughlan
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2002-11-26
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 064309959X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSoil physical measurements are essential for solving many natural resource management problems. This operational laboratory and field handbook provides, for the first time, a standard set of methods that are cost-effective and well suited to land resource survey. It provides: *practical guidelines on the soil physical measurements across a range of soils, climates and land uses; *straightforward descriptions for each method (including common pitfalls) that can be applied by people with a rudimentary knowledge of soil physics, and *guidelines on the interpretation of results and integration with land resource assessment. Soil Physical Measurement And Interpretation for Land Evaluation begins with an introduction to land evaluation and then outlines procedures for field sampling. Twenty detailed chapters cover pore space relations, water retention, hydraulic conductivity, water table depth, dispersion, aggregation, particle size, shrinkage, Atterburg limits and strength. The book includes procedures for estimating soil physical properties from more readily available data and shows how soil physical data can be integrated into land planning and management decisions.
