Soil clays : linking geology, biology, agriculture, and the environment /: linking geology, biology, agriculture, and the environment. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By G. Jock Churchman, Bruce Velde.
• Authors: Churchman, G. J; Velde, B (Bruce)
• Contents: Introduction and definitions -- Soil clays : mineralogy -- Geology : defining the starting point for soil and clay formation -- Primary minerals and their alteration by weathering -- Driving forces of alteration -- Chemistry of alteration by weathering -- Formation of clays in the soil zone of alteration -- Nature and origin of surface soil clays -- The importance of climate in the formation of soil clays -- Associations of soil clays -- Occurrence and extraction of soil clays -- Identification and quantification of clay minerals in soils -- Surfaces, surface reactions, and particle size effects -- Role of soil clays in agriculture, the environment, and society -- Summary.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Frances Group
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.1/91; Clay soils; Clay; Soils; Soil mineralogy; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference; TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / General; NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany; Clay; Clay soils; Soil mineralogy; Soils; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0429154763; 9780429154768; 9781498770071; 9780429532245; 0429532245
• Related ISBNs: 149877007X; 9780429546945; 0429546947; 9781498770057
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 19, 2019).
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