Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4

Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4
Author: Jacob H. Dane
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1744
Release: 2020-05-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 089118841X

The best single reference for both the theory and practice of soil physical measurements, Methods, Part 4 adopts a more hierarchical approach to allow readers to easily find their specific topic or measurement of interest. As such it is divided into eight main chapters on soil sampling and statistics, the solid, solution, and gas phases, soil heat, solute transport, multi-fluid flow, and erosion. More than 100 world experts contribute detailed sections.

Electrical Spectroscopy of Earth Materials

Electrical Spectroscopy of Earth Materials
Author: Tsylya M. Levitskaya
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2019-06-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128186046

Electrical Spectroscopy of Earth Materials provides detailed coverage of theoretical and experimental methods of electrical spectroscopy of Earth materials, based on first-hand research and extensive data. The book includes actual data sets and specific explanations for the methods used in obtaining and analyzing the data, including graphical displays of results. It describes the electrical properties of various soil samples and offers both theory and techniques for researchers to apply to their own research. Including examination of the practical aspects of electrical spectroscopy measurements and extensive computer-readable data, Electrical Spectroscopy of Earth Materials is a unique resource for geophysicists to save both time and effort in understanding and analyzing Earth materials and soil properties. - Includes coverage of spectroscopic methods, including details of the measurement process and lab setup - Provides information about the data processing program for calculating all electrical parameters - Presents computer-readable data for all samples from a wide variety of electrical conditions, including high-loss and low-loss soils - Features case studies and complete data sets for soil electrical property measurements

Soil Water Measurement, Plant Responses, and Breeding for Drought Resistance

Soil Water Measurement, Plant Responses, and Breeding for Drought Resistance
Author: T.T. Kozlowski
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0323152279

Water Deficits and Plant Growth, Volume IV: Soil Water Measurement, Plant Responses, and Breeding for Drought Resistance explores the physiological effects of water deficits on plants and their implications on crop yield, water use, and drought resistance. This book also considers drought-resistance measurements and their application to breeding programs. This volume is organized into eight chapters and begins with an overview of measurement of soil water content and the state of water in soils. Particular emphasis is placed on methods developed from technological advances. The next two chapters focus on the structure and functioning of stomata and stomatal conductance in control of gas exchange. The discussion then shifts to the effects of water supply on photosynthesis, leaf shedding, flow of latex, and nitrogen-fixing root nodules. The final chapter is a comprehensive treatment of plant breeding for drought resistance, emphasizing breeding and testing methods as well as parameters and application to breeding programs of drought resistance. This book is a valuable resource for scientists and investigators in fields such as botany, agronomy, forestry, agriculture, and biology.

Fundamentals of Geoenvironmental Engineering

Fundamentals of Geoenvironmental Engineering
Author: Abdel-Mohsen O. Mohamed
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 710
Release: 2017-10-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128051450

Fundamentals of Geoenvironmental Engineering: Understanding Soil, Water, and Pollutant Interaction and Transport examines soil-water-pollutant interaction, including physico-chemical processes that occur when soil is exposed to various contaminants. Soil characteristics relevant to remedial techniques are explored, providing foundations for the correct process selection. Built upon the authors' extensive experience in research and practice, the book updates and expands the content to include current processes and pollutants. The book discusses propagation of soil pollution and soil characteristics relevant to remedial techniques. Practicing geotechnical and environmental engineers can apply the theory and case studies in the book directly to current projects. The book first discusses the stages of economic development and their connections to the sustainability of the environment. Subsequent chapters cover waste and its management, soil systems, soil-water and soil-pollutant interactions, subsurface transport of pollutants, role of groundwater, nano-, micro- and biologic pollutants, soil characteristics that impact pollution diffusion, and potential remediation processes like mechanical, electric, magnetic, hydraulic and dielectric permittivity of soils. - Presents a clear understanding of the propagation of pollutants in soils - Identifies the physico-chemical processes in soils - Covers emerging pollutants (nano-, micro- and biologic contaminants) - Features in-depth coverage of hydraulic, electrical, magnetic and dielectric permittivity characteristics of soils and their impact on remedial technologies

Microwave Dielectric Behaviour of Wet Soils

Microwave Dielectric Behaviour of Wet Soils
Author: Jitendra Behari
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2006-03-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402032889

This book offers detailed discussion of dielectric measurement and behaviour of wet soil, from theoretical and experiment points of view. The author describes numerous microwave measurement techniques and protocols, and shows how to evaluate and choose among them. The book is written primarily with the requirements of interdisciplinary researchers in agriculture and soil science in mind.

Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics

Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics
Author: Barry Allred
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2008-06-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 142001935X

Precision farming, site infrastructure assessment, hydrologic monitoring, and environmental investigations- these are just a few current and potential uses of near-surface geophysical methods in agriculture. Responding to the growing demand for this technology, the Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics supplies a clear, concise overview of nea

Principles and Applications of Time Domain Electrometry in Geoenvironmental Engineering

Principles and Applications of Time Domain Electrometry in Geoenvironmental Engineering
Author: A.M.O. Mohamed
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 636
Release: 2006-07-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780415411295

Time domain electrometry (TDE) is a general term which includes time domain reflectrometry and time domain transmissiometry. It is a commercially-viable technique for leak detection, contaminant monitoring, and moisture content determination in contaminant transport modelling. Under demographic pressure, contaminated sites are increasingly being re-developed for domestic and industrial use; and this presents an urgent need for reliable, non-intrusive and integrated methods of subsurface characterization, detection and monitoring of organic and inorganic pollutants, soil moisture content and salinity. This book provides an overview of the potential application of TDE in geoenvironmental engineering and describes the geophysical methods used.