Soils and Environmental Quality

Name: Soils and Environmental Quality
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ISBN: 9780849316166

ISBN-10: 0849316162

ISBN-13: 9780849316166

Edition: 3rd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Gary M. Pierzynski, George F. Vance, J. Thomas Sims

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Soils and Environmental Quality, Third Edition explores environmental quality from the perspective of soil science and potential interactions with the atmosphere and hydrosphere. This textbook offers graduate and upper-level undergraduate students an overview of basic soil science, hydrology, atmospheric chemistry, the classification of pollutants, and the fundamentals of soil, plant, and water analysis. It reviews the concept of human and ecological risk assessment using several contemporary examples, such as pesticide concentrations in drinking water and the contamination of soils by trace elements in organic by-products. Students in soil science, chemistry, biology, geology, and other…

Book details

List price: $120.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 5/2/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 7.28" wide x 10.08" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English




Introduction to environmental quality



Our environment : atmosphere and hydrosphere



Our environment : soil ecosystems



Environmental testing : soils, waters, plants, wastes, organics



Soil nitrogen and environmental quality



Soil phosphorus and environmental quality



Soil sulfur and environmental quality



Nutrient management planning



Trace elements



Organic chemicals in the environment



The atmosphere : global climate change and acidic deposition



Remediation of soil and groundwater



Risk assessment