The Soils of Turkey

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kapur, Selim (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Akça, Erhan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Günal, Hikmet (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: World Soils Book Series,
• Subjects: Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Soil Science & Conservation.

This book compiles all available and relevant information concerning the soils of Turkey, including the soil survey studies conducted by universities and governmental institutes from the early 1950s until today. Recent findings and advances include the description and analyses of new profiles from s...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Perspective of Soil Science Research in Turkey
• Geology
• Vegetation
• Climate
• Impacts of Climate Change on Soil Resources
• Pedogeomorphology
• Introduction to Soils
• Cambisols/Cambisols-Leptosols
• Fluvisols
• Calcisols/Calcisols-Leptosols
• Vertisols
• Alisols-Acrisols-Podzols
• Kastanozems.