Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility

Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility
Author: Jonathan Michael Anderson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1989
Genre: Science
ISBN:

In this handbook methods are given to determine soil characteristics, organic matter compounds, phosphorus in soil, nitrogen fixation, soil solution sampling, plant nutrient uptake and the nitrogen availability

Soil Physics and Rice

Soil Physics and Rice
Author: International Rice Research Institute
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1985
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9711041464

Handbook of Soil Analysis

Handbook of Soil Analysis
Author: Marc Pansu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 996
Release: 2007-04-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540312110

This handbook is a reference guide for selecting and carrying out numerous methods of soil analysis. It is written in accordance with analytical standards and quality control approaches. It covers a large body of technical information including protocols, tables, formulae, spectrum models, chromatograms and additional analytical diagrams. The approaches are diverse, from the simplest tests to the most sophisticated determination methods.

Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics

Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics
Author: Daniel Hillel
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2003-12-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 008049577X

An abridged, student-oriented edition of Hillel's earlier published Environmental Soil Physics, Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics is a more succinct elucidation of the physical principles and processes governing the behavior of soil and the vital role it plays in both natural and managed ecosystems. The textbook is self-contained and self-explanatory, with numerous illustrations and sample problems. Based on sound fundamental theory, the textbook leads to a practical consideration of soil as a living system in nature and illustrates the influences of human activity upon soil structure and function. Students, as well as other readers, will better understand the importance of soils and the pivotal possition they occupy with respect to careful and knowledgeable conservation. - Written in an engaging and clear style, posing and resolving issues relevant to the terrestrial environment - Explores the gamut of the interactions among the phases in the soil and the dynamic interconnection of the soil with the subterranean and atmospheric domains - Reveals the salient ideas, approaches, and methods of environmental soil physics - Includes numerous illustrative exercises, which are explicitly solved - Designed to serve for classroom and laboratory instruction, for self-study, and for reference - Oriented toward practical problems in ecology, field-scale hydrology, agronomy, and civil engineering - Differs from earlier texts in its wider scope and holistic environmental conception

Erosion in Geomechanics Applied to Dams and Levees

Erosion in Geomechanics Applied to Dams and Levees
Author: Stephane Bonelli
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-03-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781848214095

Erosion is the most common cause of failures at earth-dams, dikes and levees, whether through overtopping and overflowing, or internal erosion and piping. This book is dedicated to the phenomenon of internal erosion and piping. It is not intended to be exhaustive on the subject, but brings together some of the latest international research and advances. Emphasis is placed on physical processes, how they can be studied in the laboratory, and how test results can be applied to levees and dams. The results from several research projects in Australia, France, the Netherlands and the United States are covered by the authors. Our aim has been to share our most recent findings with students, researchers and practitioners. Understanding the failure of an earth-dam or a levee by erosion in a unified framework, whether internal erosion or surface erosion, requires continuous research in this field. We hope that the reader will gain knowledge from this book that leads to further progress in the challenging field of the safety of levees and dams. Contents 1. State of The Art on the Likelihood of Internal Erosion of Dams and Levees by Means of Testing, Robin Fell and Jean-Jacques Fry. 2. Contact Erosion, Pierre Philippe, Rémi Beguin and Yves-Henri Faure. 3. Backward Erosion Piping, Vera Van Beek, Adam Bezuijen and Hans Sellmeijer. 4. Concentrated Leak Erosion, Stéphane Bonelli, Robin Fell and Nadia Benahmed. 5. Relationship between the Erosion Properties of Soils and Other Parameters, Robin Fell, Gregory Hanson, Gontran Herrier, Didier Marot and Tony Wahl. About the Authors Stéphane Bonelli is a Research Professor at Irstea (French Environmental Sciences and Technologies Research Institute) in Aix-en-Provence, France. He has over 20 years of teaching and research experience, and has been a member of the ICOLD (International Commission on Large Dams) European Working Group on Internal Erosion since 2005. He has participated in 19 large dam reviews in France (visual inspection, monitoring data analysis and numerical modeling). His current activities include research, teaching and consultancy, focusing on soil erosion and the processes of levee breach.

Soil Analysis

Soil Analysis
Author: J. Gautheyrou
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789054107163

The objective of this book is to provide a better understanding of tools for soil analysis in order to use them more efficiently. It covers sampling problems as well as difficulties relating to actual analysis and quality control.

In Situ Treatment of Hazardous Waste-contaminated Soils

In Situ Treatment of Hazardous Waste-contaminated Soils
Author:
Publisher: Noyes Publications
Total Pages: 533
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780815512639

State of the art information on in situ treatment technologies for hazardous waste-contaminated soils is presented. Describes for each technology: wastes amenable to treatment, ease of application, potential level of treatment available, reliability, secondary impacts and equipment and reagents required.