Soil and Culture

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Landa, Edward R. (Editor), Feller, Christian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Science.; Earth sciences.; Sedimentology.; Agriculture.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Science, general.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Earth Sciences, general.

SOIL —beneath our feet —food and fiber —ashes to ashes, dust to dust —dirt Soil has been called the final frontier of environmental research. The critical role of soil in biogeochemical processes is tied to its properties and place—porous, structured, and spatially variable, it serves as a conduit,...