Handbook of soil sciences: properties and processes

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Soil Physics Introduction Markus Tuller Physical Properties of Primary Particles Joseph M. Skopp Soil Structure Teamrat A. Ghezzehei Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils for Agricultural Applications Rainer Horn and Stephan Peth Soil Water Content and Water Potential Relationships Dani Or, Jon M. Wraith, David A. Robinson, and Scott B. Jones Water Flow in Soils David E. Radcliffe and Jirka Simunek Water and Energy Balances in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum Steven R. Evett, John H. Prueger, and Judy A. Tolk Solute Transport Feike J. Leij and Antonella Sciortino Gas Transport in Soils Dennis E. Rolston and Per Moldrup Soil Thermal Regime Robert Horton and Tyson Ochsner Soil Spatial Variability Ole Wendroth, Sylvia Koszinski, and Vicente Vasquez Soil Chemistry Introduction Donald L. Sparks Soil Organic Matter Jeffrey A. Baldock and Kris Broos Soil Solution Paul Schwab Kinetics and Mechanisms of Soil Chemical Reactions Donald L. Sparks Oxidation-Reduction Phenomena Bruce R. James and Dominic A. Brose Soil Colloidal Behavior Sabine Goldberg, Inmaculada Lebron, John C. Seaman, and Donald L. Suarez Ion Exchange Phenomena Ian C. Bourg and Garrison Sposito Chemisorption and Precipitation Reactions Robert G. Ford Role of Abiotic Catalysis in the Transformation of Organics, Metals, Metalloids, and Other Inorganics Pan Ming Huang and A.G. Hardie Soil pH and pH Buffering Paul R. Bloom and Ulf Skyllberg Soil Mineralogy Introduction Joseph W. Stucki Alteration, Formation, and Occurrence of Minerals in Soils G. Jock Churchman and David J. Lowe Phyllosilicates Hideomi Kodama Oxide Minerals in Soils Nestor Kampf, Andreas C. Scheinost, and Darrell G. Schulze Poorly Crystalline Aluminosilicate Clay Minerals James Harsh Soil Biology and Biochemistry: Soil Biology in Its Second Golden Age Introduction E.A. Paul and P. Nannipieri Microbiota Raffaella Balestrini, Valeria Bianciotto, Paola Bonfante, Michael Schloter, Sharath Srinivasiah, R. Greg Thorn, Kurt E. Williamson, and K. Eric Wommack Soil Fauna Michael Bonkowski, M.A. Callaham, Jr., Marianne Clarholm, David C. Coleman, D.A. Crossley, Jr., Bryan Griffiths, Paul F. Hendrix, Mark G. St. John, Robert McSorley, and P.C.J. van Vliet Microbially Mediated Processes Susumu Asakawa, Else K. Bunemann, Emmanuel Frossard, E.G. Gregorich, Jan Jansa, H.H. Janzen, Michael A. Kertesz, Makoto Kimura, Loretta Landi, David Long, Terence L. Marsh, Paolo Nannipieri, Astrid Oberson, Giancarlo Renella, and Thomas Voice Nitrogen Transformations Richa Anand, Jean-Claude Germon, Peter M. Groffman, Jeanette M. Norton, Laurent Philippot, James I. Prosser, and Joshua P. Schimel Molecular Techniques Judith Ascher, Yin Chen, Guo-Chun Ding, Holger Heuer, Jiri Jirout, Deepak Kumaresan, J. Colin Murrell, Giacomo Pietramellara, Kornelia Smalla, and Maria Teresa Ceccherini Pedology Introduction Larry T. West and Larry P. Wilding Geomorphology of Soil Landscapes Douglas A. Wysocki, Philip J. Schoeneberger, Daniel R. Hirmas, and Hannan E. LaGarry Pedogenic Processes Judith Turk, Oliver A. Chadwick, and Robert C. Graham Soil Taxonomy Robert J. Ahrens and Richard W. Arnold Other Systems of Soil Classification Erika Micheli and Otto C. Spaargaren Classification of Soils Olafur Arnalds, Fredrich H. Beinroth, J.C. Bell, J.G. Bockheim, Janis L. Boettinger, M.E. Collins, R.G. Darmody, Steven G. Driese, Hari Eswaran, Delvin S. Fanning, D.P. Franzmeier, C.T. Hallmark, Willie Harris, Wayne H. Hudnall, Randall K. Kolka, David J. Lowe, Paul A. McDaniel, D.G. McGahan, H. Curtis Monger, Lee C. Nordt, Chien-Lu Ping, Martin C. Rabenhorst, Paul F. Reich, Randall Schaetzl, Joey N. Shaw, Christopher W. Smith, Randal J. Southard, David Swanson, C. Tarnocai, Goro Uehara, Larry T. West, and Larry P. Wilding Land Evaluation for Landscape Units J. Bouma, J.J. Stoorvogel, and M.P.W. Sonneveld Hydropedology Phillip Owens, Henry Lin, and Zamir Libohova Subaqueous Soils Mark H. Stolt and Martin C. Rabenhorst Digital Soil Mapping Alex. B. McBratney, Budiman Minasny, Robert A. MacMillan, and Florence Carre Soil Change in the Anthropocene: Bridging Pedology, Land Use and Soil Management Daniel deB. Richter Jr. and Arlene J. Tugel Noninvasive Geophysical Methods Used in Soil Science James A. Doolittle Index