The soils of Greece. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nicholas Yassoglou, Christos Tsadilas, Costa Kosmas.
• Authors: Yassoglou, Nicholas; Tsadilas, Christos; Kosmas, Costas
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Land use in Ancient Greece; 1.2 Genetical Trends; 1.3 Main Threats of the Soils of Greece; 2 Soil-Forming Factors; 2.1 Climate; 2.1.1 The Bioclimate of Greece; 2.1.2 Climate and Vegetation Affected Soil Properties; 2.2 Parent Material; 2.2.1 Parent Material Affected Soil Properties; 2.3 Relief; 2.4 The Biotic Factor; 3 Soil Classification; 4 Residual Soils on Mountains and Hills; 4.1 Soils on Mesozoic Limestones; 4.1.1 Basic Soil Properties; 4.2 Soils on Acid Igneous Rocks. 4.2.1 General Soil Properties4.3 Soils on Schists; 4.3.1 General Soil Properties; 4.4 Soils on Flysch; 4.4.1 General Soil Properties; 4.5 Soils on Basic Igneous Rocks; 4.5.1 General Soil Properties; 4.6 Soils on Volcanic Rocks; 4.6.1 General Soil Properties; 4.7 Tertiary Deposits; 4.8 Soils on Man-made Terraces; 5 Colluvial Soils; 6 Soils on Clay Deposits and Conglomerates; 6.1 General Soil Properties; 6.1.1 Management Groups; 7 Recent Lacustrine and Organic Soils; 7.1 General Soil Properties; 7.2 Management Groups; 8 Soils on Alluvial Deposits; 8.1 Soils on Holocene Alluviums. 8.1.1 General Soil Properties of Fluvisols8.2 Soils on Pleistocene-Pliocene Deposits; 9 Specific Characteristics of Alluvial Soils; 9.1 Soils Included in Soil Association 19 (Calcareous Entisols, Inceptisols with Inclusions of Solonchak on Holocene Alluvium); 9.2 Soils Included in Soil Association 20 (Calcareous Inceptisols, Entisols, and Rhodoxerlafs on Holocene Alluvium and Holocene Terraces); 9.3 Soils Included in Soil Association 22 (Calcareous Aquents, Aquepts, and Solonchak on Holocene Alluvium). 9.4 Soils Included in Soil Association 23 (Calcareous Chromoxerets, Pelloxererts, Haploxeralfs, and Xerochrepts on Holocene Alluvium and Quaternary Terraces)9.5 Soils Included in Soil Association 24 (Calcareous Aquents, Aquepts with Solonchak on Recent Alluvium); 9.6 Management Groups; 9.6.1 Thessaly; 9.6.1.1 Management Groups of East Thessaly (ISMC 1989a, 1989b, 1990a, 1990b); 9.6.1.2 Management Groups of West Thessaly (ISMC 1991b, 1991c); 9.6.2 Management Groups of Pieria Region (ISMC 1995). 9.6.2.1 Management groups of Argolida area (Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Univesrity of Athens, 1983)10 Land Degradation and Desertification; 10.1 Factors and Processes of Desertification; 10.1.1 Climate; 10.1.2 Soil; 10.1.3 Topography; 10.1.4 Vegetation; 10.1.5 Human Actions; 10.2 Measures to Combat Desertification; 10.3 Research Related to Desertification; 11 Soil Research; 11.1 Forest Soils; 11.2 Soil Mapping and Land Evaluation; 11.3 Soil Genesis and Classification; 11.4 Soil Degradation and Land Protection; 11.5 Soil Fertility and Fertilization.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 631.4/9495; Environment; Soils -- Greece; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General; Soils; Environment; Soil Science & Conservation; Agriculture; Physical Geography; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Agricultural science; Physical geography & topography; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Economic geology; Soil conservation; Agriculture; Physical geography; Ecology; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Soil science, sedimentology; Greece; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319533346; 3319533347
• Related ISBNs: 9783319533322; 3319533320
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 21, 2017).
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