Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths

Soil micromorphology deals with the microscopic study of undisturbed soil and regolith samples, making use especially of thin sections and petrographic techniques. It exists as a discipline for almost 70 years. Micromorphology is used by pedologists, quaternary geologists, sedimentologists, and since two decennia intensively by archaeologists. This book provides the state of art in the field of genetic interpretation of micromorphological features, which is not restricted to the classic genetic soil horizons, but also covers processes of soil material formation and weathering, and the results of human activities and regoliths in a wider sense. State of art in the field of genetic interpretation of micromorphological featuresOver 2,600 different referencesWritten by 46 leading experts in the field INDICE: Preface Georges Stoops, Vera Marcelino & Florias Mees Chapter 1 Micromorphology as a tool in soil and regolith studies. Georges Stoops Chapter 2 Micromorphological features and their relation to processes and classification: general guidelines and keys. Georges Stoops, Vera Marcelino & Florias Mees Chapter 3 Colluvial and mass wasting deposits. Herman Mücher, Henk van Steijn & Frans Kwaad Chapter 4 Saprolites. Siti Zauyah, Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer & Felipe N.B. Simas Chapter 5 Pedoplasmation: formation of soil material. Georges Stoops & Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer Chapter 6 Frost action. Brigitte Van Vliet-Lanoë Chapter 7 Vertic features. Irina Kovda & Ahmet R. Mermut Chapter 8 Redoximorphic features. David L. Lindbo, Mark H. Stolt & Mike J. Vepraskas Chapter 9 Calcium carbonate features. Nicolas Durand, H. Curtis Monger & Matthew G. Canti Chapter 10 Gypsic features. Rosa M. Poch, Octavio Artieda, Juan Herrero & Marina Lebedeva-Verba Chapter 11 Textural pedofeatures and related horizons. Peter Kühn, José Aguilar & Rienk Miedema Chapter 12 Spodic materials. Michael A. Wilson & Dominique Righi Chapter 13 Regoliths and soils on volcanic ash. Sergey Sedov, Georges Stoops & Sergey Shoba Chapter 14 Oxic and related materials. Vera Marcelino, Georges Stoops & Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer Chapter 15 Lateritic and bauxitic materials. Georges Stoops & Vera Marcelino Chapter 16 Topsoils - mollic, takyric and yermic horizons. Maria Gerasimova & Marina Lebedeva Chapter 17 Soil organic matter. Mark H. Stolt & David L. Lindbo Chapter 18 Features related to faunal activity. Maja J. Kooistra & Mirjam M. Pulleman Chapter 19 Physical and biological surface crusts and seals. Marcello Pagliai & Georges Stoops Chapter 20 Salt minerals in saline soils and salt crusts. Florias Mees & Tatiana V. Tursina Chapter 21 Pedogenic and biogenic siliceous features. Ma. del Carmen Gutiérrez-Castorena & William R. Effland Chapter 22 Authigenic silicate minerals - sepiolite-palygorskite, zeolites and sodium silicates. Florias Mees Chapter 23 Phosphatic features. Panagiotis Karkanas & Paul Goldberg Chapter 24 Sulphidic and sulphuric materials. Florias Mees & Georges Stoops Chapter 25 Anthropogenic features. W. Paul Adderley, Clare A. Wilson, Ian A. Simpson & Donald A. Davidson Chapter 26 Archaeological materials. Richard I. Macphail & Paul Goldberg Chapter 27 Palaeosoils and relict soils. Nicolas Fedoroff, Marie-Agnès Courty & Zhengtang Guo

• ISBN: 978-0-444-63848-9
• Editorial: Elsevier Science
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés