The Soils of Chile
This book is intended for students and soil scientists who want to know about the state of the art in soil sciences in Chile. The book merges a comprehensive bibliographical review of the soil surveys carried out throughout the length and breadth of Chilean territory during the past 40 years and mor...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Series: | World Soils Book Series,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- General Chile overview
- Territory formation: geology and geomorphology
- Climate: from desert to glaciers
- Vegetation.-Land use
- Main features of Chilean soils
- Soil formation in Chile
- Major soil zones
- A soil map of Chile
- Management of soil properties in Chile
- Chemical properties
- Physical properties
- Biological properties
- Human induced soil degradation in Chile
- Erosive soil degradation
- Non erosive soil degradation
- Desertification
- Future of soil conservation in Chile
- Annexe.
