Soils, their formation, properties, composition, and relations to climate and plant growth in the humid and arid regions

107 chapters

1. 1SOILS
2. 2PREFACE.
3. 3INTRODUCTION.
4. 4PART I. THE ORIGIN AND FORMATION OF SOILS.
5. 5CHAPTER I. THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF SOIL FORMATION.
6. 6CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS.
7. 7CHAPTER II. THE CHEMICAL PROCESSES OF SOIL FORMATION.
8. 8Chemical Disintegration, or Decomposition.
9. 9Action of Plants and their Remnants in Soil Formation.
10. 10INFLUENCE OF RAINFALL ON SOIL FORMATION; LEACHING OF THE LAND.
11. 11CHAPTER III. THE MAJOR SOIL-FORMING MINERALS.
12. 12SILICATE MINERALS.
13. 13CALCITE AND LIMESTONES.
14. 14CHAPTER IV. THE VARIOUS ROCKS AS SOIL-FORMERS.
15. 15GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS.
16. 16Generalities regarding the Soils derived from various Rocks.
17. 17“Colloidal” Clay.[17]
18. 18CHAPTER V. THE MINOR MINERALINGREDIENTS OF SOILS; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; MINERALS INJURIOUS TO AGRICULTURE.

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