Soil geography

Author: Li Tianjie
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is a national-level planning teaching material for the 15th Five-Year Plan of general higher education. The book consists of 10 chapters: Chapter 1 focuses on the concept of soil and its morphology, the pedosphere and its role in the Earth's surface system, the object, research methods, and development trends of soil geography; Chapters 2 and 3 focus on the material composition and diagnostic properties of soil; Chapters 4, 5, and 6 comprehensively discuss soil formation factors, soil formation processes, soil material cycles, major world soil classification systems, and their interrelationships; Chapters 7 and 8 describe the characteristics and geographical distribution of major soil orders, and introduce soil zoning and soil-land structure; Chapter 9 discusses soil resources and their features, soil degradation mechanisms and prevention strategies, and the principles and methods of soil quality evaluation; Chapter 10 introduces the techniques and methods of soil geographical surveys, analysis, the application of remote sensing technology in soil geographical surveys, and the research status and application of soil-land digital databases (SOTER) and soil geographical databases in the international soil geographical community. This book serves as a foundational textbook for undergraduate students in geography, environmental science, land resource management, and Earth system science. It can also be used as a reference book for researchers and managers engaged in land development and consolidation, resource science, ecological construction and environmental protection, soil and water conservation, desertification prevention, and ecology. An accompanying electronic teaching plan is included at the end of the book. This book integrates the latest research findings from domestic and international soil geography, focusing on soil fertility and soil ecological environment functions, systematically introducing the fundamental theories, research content, and working methods of soil geography.