United Arab Emirates Keys to Soil Taxonomy. 1st ed. 2014

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by Shabbir A. Shahid, Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah, Michael A. Wilson, John A. Kelley, Joseph V. Chiaretti

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Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014

著者名:

Shahid, Shabbir A.

Abdelfattah, Mahmoud A.

Wilson, Michael A.

Kelley, John A.

Chiaretti, Joseph V.

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9789400774209 [9400774206]    

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1 Soil Classification -- 2 The Soils That We Classify -- 3 Horizons, Layers, and Characteristics Diagnostic for the Higher Categories -- 4 Family and Series Differentiae -- 5 Identification of the Taxonomic Class of a Soil -- 6 Laboratory Methods for Classification of United Arab Emirates -- 7 Soil Families and Soil Series of the United Arab Emirates -- Index.
Central to human life and civilization, soils are an integral part of the physical and cultural environment. Although we may take them for granted, the rise and fall of civilizations is closely linked with the use and abuse of soil and water resources. It is therefore important to evaluate soils for their quality and link them to appropriate uses and services. This book provides information on soil classification and shows how to key out taxa relevant to UAE soils. The latest soil inventory of United Arab Emirates reveals that a rather uniform looking desert landscape has, in fact, a diversity of subsurface features. These features confirm the soil diversity in terms of classification, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, fertility, suitability for different uses and vulnerability to land degradation. United Arab Emirates Keys to Soil Taxonomy presents information for keying out the soils of the United Arab Emirates into separate classes and provides a guide to associated laboratory methods. The classification use

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