TY - BOOK AU - Brady,Nyle C. AU - Weil,Ray R. TI - The nature and properties of soils SN - 13: 9780135133873 AV - S591 .B79 2008 U1 - 631.4 BRA 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - Soil science KW - Soils N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The soils around us -- Formation of soils from parent materials -- Soil classification -- Soil architecture and physical properties -- Soil water: characteristics and behavior -- Soil and the hydrologic cycle -- Soil aeration and temperature -- Soil colloids: seat of soil chemical and physical activity -- Soil acidity -- Soils of dry regions: alkalinity, salinity, and sodicity -- Organisms and ecology of the soil -- Soil organic matter -- Nitrogen and sulfur economy of soils -- Soil phosphorus and potassium -- Calcium, Magnesium and trace elements -- Practical nutrient management -- Soil erosion and its control -- Soils and chemical pollution -- Geographic soils information -- Prospects for global soil quality as affected by human acitvities UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007022182.html ER -