
Regolith Science
- 472 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Regolith Science
About this book
This comprehensive reference on the fundamentals of regolith geoscience describes how regolith is developed from parental rocks and emphasises the importance of chemical, physical, water and biological processes in regolith formation. It provides details for mapping regolith landforms, as well as objective information on applications in mineral exploration and natural resource management. Regolith Science also provides a concise history of weathering through time in Australia. It includes previously unpublished information on elemental abundances in regolith materials along with detailed information on soil degradation processes such as acid sulfate soils.
Written by experts in the field, Regolith Science summarises research carried out over a 13-year period within the Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration. This book will be a valuable resource for scientists and graduate/postgraduate students in geology, geography and soil science, professionals in the exploration industry and natural resources management.
This paperback edition is a reprint of the original hardback published in October 2008.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Regolith through time
- 3. Landscape and regolith
- 4. Regolith mineralogy
- 5. Regolith geochemistry
- 6. Rock weathering and structure of the regolith
- 7. Geomicrobiology of the regolith
- 8. Regolith and biota
- 9. Regolith geophysics
- 10. Regolith and water
- 11. Regolith description and mapping
- 12. Soils and natural resource management
- 13. Regolith sampling for geochemical exploration
- 14. Extraterrestrial regolith
- Appendix 1: Glossary of regolith terms
- Appendix 2: Regolith geochemistry of elements
- Index