UID:
almahu_9948026308402882
Format:
1 online resource (243 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-98445-0
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9786611984458
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0-08-086981-5
Series Statement:
Developments in soil science ; v. 13
Content:
Elements of Soil Physics
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Elements of Soil Physics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; List of Symbols; Chapter 1. Composition and Physical Properties of Soils; 1.1 COMPOSITION OF SOILS; 1.2 SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; 1.3 INTERACTION BETWEEN SOLID AND LIQUID PHASES; 1.4 INTERACTION BETWEEN SOLID PHASE PARTICLES; 1.5 SUGGESTED LITERATURE; 1.6 ANSWERS CHAPTER 1; Chapter 2. Equilibrium in Force Fields and Theory of Potentials; 2.1 EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS IN FORCE FIELDS; 2.2 POTENTIALS IN STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; 2.3 SUGGESTED LITERATURE; 2.4 ANSWERS CHAPTER 2; Chapter 3. Static Equilibria in Soils
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3.1 HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM3.2 STATIC EQUILIBRIUM OF THE SOIL SYSTEM; 3.3 SUGGESTED LITERATURE; 3.4 ANSWERS CHAPTER 3; Chapter 4. General Concepts of Transport Processes in Soil; 4.1 FLOW OF WATER; 4.2 GAS DIFFUSION; 4.3 HEAT CONDUCTION; 4.4 SUGGESTED LITERATURE; 4.5 ANSWERS CHAPTER 4; Chapter 5. Flow of Water in Soil; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 FLOW OF WATER IN SATURATED SOIL; 5.3 FLOW OF WATER IN UNSATURATED SOIL; 5.4 SUGGESTED LITERATURE; 5.5 ANSWERS CHAPTER 5; Chapter 6. Gas Transport in Soil; 6.1 AMOUNT AND COMPOSITION OF SOIL AIR; 6.2 EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS FOR SOIL AIR; 6.3 BULK FLOW OF GAS
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6.4 GAS DIFFUSION6.5 CO2 DIFFUSION IN SOIL PROFILES; 6.6 SUGGESTED LITERATURE; 6.7 ANSWERS CHAPTER 6; Chapter 7. Heat Transport in Soil; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 THERMAL SOIL PROPERTIES; 7.3 HEAT CONDUCTION IN DRY SOIL; 7.4 THE HEAT BALANCE OF THE SOIL; 7.5 THERMAL REGIME OF UPPER SOIL LAYERS; 7.6 COMBINED HEAT AND WATER VAPOUR TRANSPORT; 7.7 SUGGESTED LITERATURE; 7.8 ANSWERS CHAPTER 7; Chapter 8. Epilogue; Appendix 1. Laminar flow of liquid in a cylindrical tube. Poiseuille's law; Appendix 2. Boltzmann substitution; Appendix 3. Green and Ampt model. Vertical infiltration; Subject index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-42242-0
Language:
English
