Our good earth
Subtitle: a natural history of soil
By: Berman D. Hudson, PH.D.
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Published: 2020
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781628943979; 9781628943962; 9781628943955
Subjects: Soils; Sols
Description: "The author explains the science and the importance of soil, with a description of how soils have evolved over the past 3.5 billion years and how they affect human civilization"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is soil and why does it matter?; title: The earth's surface : a history; title: Rocks and rock weathering; title: Clay and how it forms; title: To the sea and back; title: The living surface; title: Parent material and climate; title: Organisms, topography, and time; title: How soils evolved; title: Nitrogen : a perverse chemistry.