Soil Reaction 357 10. Soil Chemistry and Soil Formation 395 11. This revised and expanded 3rd edition of Principles of Soil Chemistry is a bona fide revision and expansion, with as much as forty percent new materials. The preface describes the changes and additions in detail. Terms and concepts are clearly defined, some including the source and short history of the development.
Explanations are straightforward, including formulas, tables, graphs, and electron micrographs.
The extensive bibliography goes back centuries with approximately one-third of the references new to this edition. Principles of Soil Chemistry was written as a textbook and organized on the basis of a soil system composed of gas, liquid, and solid phases. The eleven chapters cover key elements of soil chemistry, a rather new branch of the soil sciences. The textbook includes a basic review of relevant chemical principles and five appendices. Recommended for academic and research libraries.