A study of environmental soil science. This second edition presents new material on: abiotic, biological and biochemical weathering of minerals in soils; microbial compounds such as enzymes, hormones, mucigel, and extracellular polysaccharides; electric double layer theory; desertification and soil degradation as well as natural processes of ageing; low-input sustainable agriculture; schemes for cultivating crops in outer space; and more.
- ISBN10 0824703405
- ISBN13 9780824703400
- Publish Date 20 January 2000 (first published 30 April 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 28 April 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
- Imprint Marcel Dekker Inc
- Edition 2nd New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 480
- Language English