UID:
almafu_9959328017802883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 404 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9780470698716
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0470698713
,
9780470698167
,
0470698160
Content:
It has been 10 years since publication of the first edition of Soils of the Past. In that time the subject of paleopedology has grown rapidly, and established itself within the mainstream of geological research. Ancient soils contain vital mineralogical, geochemical, textural, and paleontological information about the continental environments in which they formed. Advances in isotope geochemistry and sequence-stratigraphic models allow more detailed reconstructions of environmental change from paleosols and new insights into diverse topics like atmospheric chemistry, global change, palae.
Note:
pt. 1. Soils and paleosols -- 1. Paleopedology -- 2. Soils on and under the landscape -- 3. Features of fossil soils -- 4. Soil-forming processes -- 5. Soil classification -- 6. Mapping and naming paleosols -- 7. Alteration of paleosols after burial -- pt. 2. Factors in soil formation -- 8. Models of soil formation -- 9. Climate -- 10. Organisms -- 11. Topographic relief as a factor -- 12. Parent material as a factor -- 13. Time as a factor -- pt. 3. Fossil record of soils -- 14. A long-term natural experiment in pedogenesis -- 15. Soils of other worlds -- 16. Earth's earliest landscapes -- 17. Early life on land -- 18. Large plants and animals on land -- 19. Afforestation of the land -- 20. Grasses in dry continental interiors -- 21. Human impact on landscapes.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Retallack, Greg J. (Greg John), 1951- Soils of the past. Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, ©2001 ISBN 0632053763
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780632053766
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470698716
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470698716
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470698716
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470698716
