An evolving, living organic/inorganic covering, soil is in dynamic equilibrium with the atmosphere above, the biosphere within, and the geology below. It acts as an anchor for roots, a purveyor of water and nutrients, a residence for a vast community of microorganisms and animals, a sanitizer of the environment, and a source of raw materials for co

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Front Cover
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Preface
Editors
Associate Editors
Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1: Physical Properties of Primary Particles
Chapter 2: Soil Structure
Chapter 3: Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils for Agricultural Applications
Chapter 4: Soil Water Content and Water Potential Relationships
Chapter 5: Water Flow in Soils
Chapter 6: Water and Energy Balances in the Soil–Plant–Atmosphere Continuum
Chapter 7: Solute Transport
Chapter 8: Gas Transport in Soils
Chapter 9: Soil Thermal Regime
Chapter 10: Soil Spatial Variability
Chapter 11: Soil Organic Matter
Chapter 12: Soil Solution
Chapter 13: Kinetics and Mechanisms of Soil Chemical Reactions
Chapter 14: Oxidation–Reduction Phenomena
Chapter 15: Soil Colloidal Behavior
Chapter 16: Ion Exchange Phenomena
Chapter 17: Chemisorption and Precipitation Reactions
Chapter 18: Role of Abiotic Catalysis in the Transformation of Organics, Metals, Metalloids, and Other Inorganics
Chapter 19: Soil pH and pH Buffering
Chapter 20: Alteration, Formation, and Occurrence of Minerals in Soils
Chapter 21: Phyllosilicates
Chapter 22: Oxide Minerals in Soils
Chapter 23: Poorly Crystalline Aluminosilicate Clay Minerals
Chapter 24: Microbiota
Chapter 25: Soil Fauna
Chapter 26: Microbially Mediated Processes
Chapter 27: Nitrogen Transformations
Chapter 28: Molecular Techniques
Chapter 29: Geomorphology of Soil Landscapes
Chapter 30: Pedogenic Processes
Chapter 31: Soil Taxonomy
Chapter 32: Other Systems of Soil Classification
Chapter 33: Classification of Soils
Chapter 34: Land Evaluation for Landscape Units
Chapter 35: Hydropedology
Chapter 36: Subaqueous Soils
Chapter 37: Digital Soil Mapping
Chapter 38: Soil Change in the Anthropocene: Bridging Pedology, Land Use and Soil Management
Chapter 39: Noninvasive Geophysical Methods Used in Soil Science
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