UID:
almatuudk_9923185300402884
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 453 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Third edition.
ISBN:
9781139170673
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1139170678
Content:
Now in its third edition, this textbook gives a comprehensive account of soil physics with emphasis on field applications for students and research workers engaged in water resources studies, and soil and plant sciences. Chapters on soil erosion and conservation, and the role of soil in affecting water quality have been added to this new edition. The book gives an account of how water influences the structure and strength of soil; how plants absorb water from soils; how water from rain or irrigation enters the soil and flows through it to contribute to stream flow or to flow in artificial drains; how soluble salts or chemical pollutants are transported; how soils are eroded by water and wind; and how the evaporation rate from the land surface is influenced by soil water supply, the nature of the plant cover and the evaporative power of the atmosphere. This book will be useful to students and research workers in environmental sciences, hydrology, agriculture, soil science, and civil engineering.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Composition of soil -- 1.1 Description and classification of soil -- 1.2 Soil particles -- 1.3 Pore space -- 1.4 Water content -- 1.5 Clay minerals -- 1.6 Exchangeable cations -- 1.7 Distribution of ions at clay surfaces -- 1.8 Particle size analysis -- 1.9 Surface area of particles -- Interaction of soil and water -- 2.1 Retention of water by the matrix -- 2.2 Potential energy of soil water -- 2.3 Units of potential -- 2.4 Water in relatively dry soil -- 2.5 Capillarity -- 2.6 Swelling -- 2.7 Effect of load on water retention -- 2.8 Hysteresis in the moisture characteristic -- Measurement of water content and potential -- 3.1 Water content -- 3.2 Matric potential -- 3.3 Combined matric and osmotic potential -- 3.4 Suitability of methods for use in the field -- Principles of water movement in soil -- 4.1 Darcy's law -- 4.2 Effect of porosity and pore size on the conduction of fluids -- 4.3 Flow through saturated soils -- 4.4 Flow through unsaturated soils -- 4.5 Hydaulic conductivity and soil water diffusivity -- 4.6 Flow through anisotropic soil -- 4.7 Movement of water under a temperature gradient -- Distribution of water in soil -- 5.1 Infiltration from ponded water -- 5.2 Redistribution following infiltration -- 5.3 Steady-state infiltration through a soil draining to a stationary water table -- 5.4 Steady-state flow of water upwards during evaporation from the soil surface -- 5.5 Steady percolation of water into a layered soil -- 5.6 Infiltration from rainfall or sprinkler applications -- 5.7 Measurement of infiltration and associated parameters -- Ground water in soils and aquifers -- 6.1 Artificial drainage -- 6.2 Natural drainage -- 6.3 Groundwater drainage by pumped bore-holes -- 6.4 Nonsteady-state field drainage.
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6.5 Field measurement of hydraulic conductivity, transmissivity, and storage coefficients -- The use of isotopes and other tracers in soil water and groundwater studies -- 7.1 Radioactive tracers -- 7.2 Stable isotopes -- 7.3 Chloride as a tracer -- 7.4 Artificially added tracers -- Soil structure -- 8.1 Definition and description -- 8.2 Biological agents in aggregation -- 8.3 Physical agents in aggregation -- 8.4 Pore space -- 8.5 Structure and permeability -- 8.6 Stability of structure of wet soil -- 8.7 Effects of soil constituents on stability -- 8.8 Practices and treatments affecting structure -- Deformation of soil -- 9.1 Consistency -- 9.2 Strength -- 9.3 Effect of water on strength -- 9.4 Compression -- 9.5 Compaction by animals and machines -- 9.6 Deformation by swelling and shrinking -- 9.7 Break up of soil -- Management of soil water -- 10.1 Storage of water in soil -- 10.2 Control of infiltration -- 10.3 Catchment hydrology -- 10.4 Overland flow -- 10.5 Control of evaporation -- 10.6 Irrigation -- 10.7 Drainage -- Soil erosion and conservation -- 11.1 Issues involved in soil erosion -- 11.2 Approaches to soil erosion by water -- 11.3 Sedimentation and deposition -- 11.4 Rainfall detachment and re-detachment -- 11.5 Entrainment and re-entrainment by overland flow -- 11.6 A model of the entrainment process -- 11.7 A model of the re-entrainment process and sediment concentration at the 'transport limit' -- 11.8 Theory for entrainment and re-entrainment acting together -- 11.9 Rainfall and flow-driven erosion processes acting together -- 11.10 Approximate erosion theory and its field application -- 11.11 Wind erosion -- 11.12 Models of soil erosion by wind -- 11.13 Principles of soil conservation -- Chemical transport in soil -- 12.1 The transport of chemicals sorbed on eroded sediment -- 12.2 Soil salinity and its control.
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12.3 Quality of irrigation water -- 12.4 Introduction to miscible displacement -- 12.5 Transport of chemicals with water through the soil profile -- 12.6 Management of chemicals in soil -- The physical environment of roots -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Resistance to penetration -- 13.3 Aeration -- 13.4 Soil temperature -- Plants and soil water -- 14.1 Absorption of water by roots -- 14.2 Availability of water -- 14.3 Movement of solutes to roots -- 14.4 Water loss from plant foliage to the atmosphere -- 14.5 The water budget of grassland -- 14.6 The water budget of irrigated land -- 14.7 The water budget of forests -- Appendixes -- A. SI units and some conversion factors for other units -- B. Miscellaneous data including some properties of liquid water at 20°C -- C. The continuity equation -- References -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521457668
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521457661
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521451512
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521451515
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139170673
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