Soil Sciences Books

New and Published Books

1. Biochar and Soil Biota

   Edited by Natalia Ladygina, Francois Rineau

   Biochar, a biomass that is burned at very high temperature in the absence of oxygen, has recently become an interesting subject of study. Biochar is highly stable and does not degrade; it possesses physical properties that assist in retention of nutrients in the soil. The use of...

   Published February 20th 2013 by CRC Press
2. Digital Soil Assessments and Beyond

   Proceedings of the 5th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping 2012, Sydney, Australia

   Edited by Budiman Minasny, Brendan P. Malone, Alex B. McBratney

   Digital soil assessments and beyond contains papers presented at the 5th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, held 10-13 April 2012 at the University of Sydney, Australia. The contributions demonstrate the latest developments in digital soil mapping as a discipline with a special focus on the...

   Published July 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
3. Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture in the Dry Areas

   By Theib Y. Oweis, Dieter Prinz, Ahmed Y. Hachum

   Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also ‘natural leakage’—90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting is a low-cost, easy-to-use, environmentally-friendly way to recover a large part of this lost water. How...

   Published May 20th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Remote Sensing of Soil Salinization

   Impact on Land Management

   Edited by Dr. Graciela Metternicht, Dr. Alfred Zinck

   Recognized and advocated as a powerful tool, the role of remote sensing in identifying, mapping, and monitoring soil salinity and salinization will continue to expand. Remote Sensing of Soil Salinization: Impact on Land Management delineates how to combine science and geospatial technologies for...

   Published December 11th 2008 by CRC Press
5. Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia

   Edited by Rattan Lal, M. Suleimenov, B.A. Stewart, D.O. Hansen, Paul Doraiswamy

   This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia. The themes treated include: biophysical environments, water resources, sustainable agriculture, soil degradation, the effects of irrigation schemes on secondary salinization, soil management and its...

   Published August 1st 2007 by Taylor & Francis
6. Conservation Tillage Systems and Water Productivity - Implications for Smallholder Farmers in Semi-Arid Ethiopia

   PhD, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands

   By Melesse Temesgen Leye

   Conservation tillage systems have been adopted by farmers in many countries to solve the problem of land degradation and declining water productivity. Direct application of such tillage systems has not been possible among resource-poor, smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas of Ethiopia. Problems...

   Published July 17th 2007 by Taylor & Francis
7. Soil and Water Contamination

   From Molecular to Catchment Scale

   By Marcel van der Perk

   This textbook provides an overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contamination, in such a way that the reader can both understand and predict contaminant patterns in soil, groundwater, and surface water. In contract to most existing texts, soil and water pollution are treated as...

   Published August 9th 2006 by Taylor & Francis
8. Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation

   Proceedings of the International Conference on Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation, 12-13 April 2005, Cambridge, UK

   Edited by Amir Al Tabbaa, Julia A. Stegemann

   Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation - Advances in S/S for Waste and Contaminated Land contains 39 papers, summaries of the four keynote lectures and the seven State of Practice reports presented at the International Conference organized by the EPSRC-funded network STARNET (...

   Published May 28th 2005 by Taylor & Francis
9. Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials

   Recent Investigations and Prospects

   Edited by H. DiBenedetto, T. Doanh, H. Geoffroy, C. Sauzéat

   Solutions for soil engineering and soil-structure interaction problems need realistic and pertinent experimental and modelling tools. In this work, extensive developments proposed by the invited speakers of the Lyon International Symposium held in September 2003 are presented,...

   Published March 2nd 2005 by Taylor & Francis
10. Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

    By D.L. Shah, A.V. Shroff

    Dealing with the fundamentals and general principles of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, this text also examines the design methodology of shallow / deep foundations, including machine foundations. In addition to this, the volume explores earthen embankments and retaining structures,...

    Published December 31st 2002 by Taylor & Francis