Soil and Environmental Analysis
Contributors: Mullins, Chris E.
Publisher: Marcel Dekker Inc.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 651
ISBN-13: 9780824745363
Subjects: Soils; Environmental aspects
Description: A review of a wide range of methods for soil physical analysis. It considers application, accuracy, measurement time and cost of equipment, and provides examples of applications.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Preface; Contents; Contributors; Soil Water Content; Matric Potential; Water Release Characteristic; Hydraulic Conductivity of Saturated Soils; Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity; Infiltration; Particle Size Analysis; Bulk Density; Liquid and Plastic Limits; Penetrometer Techniques in Relation to Soil Compaction and Root Growth; Tensile Strength and Friability; Root Growth: Methods of Measurement; Gas Movement and Air-Filled Porosity; Soil Temperature Regime; Soil Profile Description and Evaluation; Index.