Soils and Environmental Quality
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Soils and Environmental Quality

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Soils and Environmental Quality

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A perpetual bestseller, this third edition explores environmental quality from the perspective of soil science. The coverage ranges from the theoretical to the practical with an abundance of examples such as an exploration of allowable pesticide concentrations in drinking water and an inquiry into soil contamination from the trace elements in organic by-products. It also explores the use of soil carbon sequestration as a remedy for global climate change and the effects of acid precipitation on forestation. Case studies with political, economic, and legal implications illustrate the human side of environmental problems. Also covered is the use or misuse of the Scientific Method and the potential for factual bias.

The three authors, all teaching professors distinguished in soil science, have updated this student favorite to include a greater number of even more relevant topics. Responding to reques

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780203496367
Edition
3
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Environmental Science
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Dedicated to the families of the authors
  3. Preface
  4. The Authors
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contents
  7. PART I. Fundamentals of Environmental Quality
  8. CHAPTER 1. Introduction to Environmental Quality
  9. CHAPTER 2. Our Environment: Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
  10. CHAPTER 3. Our Environment: Soil Ecosystems
  11. CHAPTER 4. Environmental Testing: Soils, Waters, Plants, Wastes, Organics
  12. PART II. Nutrients, Management, and Environmental Quality
  13. CHAPTER 5. Soil Nitrogen and Environmental Quality
  14. CHAPTER 6. Soil Phosphorus and Environmental Quality
  15. CHAPTER 7. Soil Sulfur and Environmental Quality
  16. CHAPTER 8. Nutrient Management Planning
  17. PART III. Inorganic and Organic Contaminants
  18. CHAPTER 9. Trace Elements
  19. CHAPTER 10. Organic Chemicals in the Environment
  20. CHAPTER 11. The Atmosphere: Global Climate Change and Acidic Deposition
  21. PART IV. Contaminant Assessment and Remediation
  22. CHAPTER 12. Remediation of Soil and Groundwater
  23. CHAPTER 13. Risk Assessment
  24. Appendix
  25. Back cover