Hengduan Mountains soil

Author: Gao Yixin
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: This book is one of the scientific investigation series on the Hengduan Mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is a comprehensive and systematic scientific discussion and summary of the soils and soil resources in the Hengduan Mountains, based on years of field investigations, indoor analysis and identification, and references to relevant works. The book consists of four parts and 19 chapters. Part 1 has 5 chapters on general theory, discussing the soil-forming factors, main soil-forming processes, diagnostic horizons and diagnostic properties, soil classification, and soil distribution patterns in the Hengduan Mountains. Part 2 has 9 chapters on specific soils, describing the establishment of the soil orders and suborders in the region, as well as the distribution, formation, and characteristics of the soil classes under them, along with their utilization and management. Part 3 has 2 chapters, elaborating on soil resources and soil zoning. Part 4 has 3 chapters, providing an overview of the soils in several typical areas and their rational development. Appendix: 1:1,000,000 Soil Map. This book can be used as a reference for researchers, educators, and management personnel in departments such as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, water conservancy, soil science, geography, biology, ecology, and resource and environmental science.