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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Gregory J. RetallackPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Blackwell Science Ltd Edition: 2nd Edition Dimensions: Width: 18.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.786kg ISBN: 9780632053766ISBN 10: 0632053763 Pages: 420 Publication Date: 23 April 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface to the second edition. Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgments. Part 1: Soils and Palesols. 1. Paleopedology. 2. Soils and under the landscape. 3. Feature of Fossil Soils. 4. Soil-Forming processes. 5. Soil Classification. 6. Mapping and Naming Palesols. 7. Alteration of Paleosols after burial. Part 2: Factors in soil formation. 8. Models of Soil Formation. 9. Climate. Organisms. 11. Topographic relief as a factor. 12. Parent Material as a factor. 13. Time as a Factor. PART 3: Fossil record of Soils. 14. A long-term natural experiment in pedogenesis. 15. Soils of other worlds. 16. Earth's earliest landscapes. 17. Earl life on land. 18. Large plants and animals o land. 19. Afforestation of the Land. 20. Grasses in Dry continental Interiors. 21. Human Impact on Landscapes. Glossary. References. Index.ReviewsWith its wide sweep of ideas, should be read by all interested in soils and processes that shape them. Times Higher Education Supplement This is certainly a book for the library shelves of any Earth science or geography department, and certainly a thought-provoking read for any student of Earth history or environmental change. John Conway, The Holocene, April 2002 With its wide sweep of ideas, should be read by all interested in soils and processes that shape them. Times Higher Education Supplement <!----end----> This is certainly a book for the library shelves of any Earth science or geography department, and certainly a thought--provoking read for any student of Earth history or environmental change. John Conway, The Holocene, April 2002 With its wide sweep of ideas, should be read by all interested in soils and processes that shape them. Times Higher Education Supplement This is certainly a book for the library shelves of any Earth science or geography department, and certainly a thought-provoking read for any student of Earth history or environmental change. John Conway, The Holocene, April 2002 With its wide sweep of ideas, should be read by all interested in soils and processes that shape them. Times Higher Education Supplement This is certainly a book for the library shelves of any Earth science or geography department, and certainly a thought--provoking read for any student of Earth history or environmental change. John Conway, The Holocene, April 2002 "With its wide sweep of ideas, should be read by all interested in soils and processes that shape them." Times Higher Education Supplement "This is certainly a book for the library shelves of any Earth science or geography department, and certainly a thought-provoking read for any student of Earth history or environmental change." John Conway, The Holocene, April 2002 Author InformationGregory John Retallack is an Australian paleontologist, geologist, and author who specializes in the study of fossil soils. His research has examined the fossil record of soils though major events in Earth history, extending back some 4.6 billion years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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