Soils and Geomorphology. Third Edition

New York Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Large 8vo. xii 430 pages indexed, with bibliography. The book has been covered in contact and theere is an ownership signature on the front end paper and front paste down, else immaculate: clean, solid and unmarked. '"Soils and Geomorphology, now in its third edition, remains popular among soil scientists, geomorphologists, geologists, geographers, and archeologists. While retaining the useful "factors of soil formation format," it has been extensively revised, incorporating a considerable amount of new research and offering a greater number of topics and examples - particularly in the chapters "Weathering and Soil Development with Time" and "Topography: Soil Relations with Time in Different Climatic Settings." Greater emphasis is placed on the role of dust in pedogenesis, and new data are included on tropical soil development, global soil-loess relations, neotectonics, and reduction processes. Soils and Geomorphology is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses on pedology, soil science. Quaternary geology, archeology, and sedimentary petrology." (backs cover) CONTENTS: Ch. 1. The Soil Profile, Horizon Nomenclature, and Soil Characteristics Ch. 2. Soil Classification Ch. 3. Weathering Processes Ch. 4. The Products of Weathering Ch. 5. Processes Responsible for the Development of Soil Profiles Ch. 6. Factors of Soil Formation Ch. 7. Influence of Parent Material on Weathering and Soil Formation Ch. 8. Weathering and Soil Development with Time Ch. 9. Topography-Soil Relations with Time in Different Climatic Settings Ch. 10. Summary of Climate-Soil Relations, and Paleoclimatic Interpretations Ch. 11. Application of Soils to Geomorphological, Sedimentological, and Environmental Studies App. 1. Describing Soil Properties App. 2. Calculation of Profile-Development Index.