Soil
Fragile Interface
Pierre Stengel: Institut national de la reserche agronomique,
Paris, France
Sandrine Gelin: Institut national de la reserche agronomique,
Mercy l'etoile, France
ISBN 978-1-57808-219-3; 2003; 264 pages; US $ 89.95
The book, written from the perspective of
pedologists and agronomists, is a study of the Earth's crust which is
subjected to climatic agents and inhabited by living creatures. These
phenomena in concert, slowly transform soil through the interaction of
physical, climatic and biological processes.
Contents:-
Part
I: Soil: A Site of Exchange and Transfer
. Constituents and
Organisation of Soil:
C. Chenu and
A. Bruand
. Reactivity of Soil: Chemical Properties:
Martine Tercé
. Transport in Soil: Laurent Bruckler
. Soil and Exchanges with
the Plant Cover:
J.C. Fardeau and
P. Stengel
Part II: Biotransformation of Soil
. Biotransformation of
Carbon and Nitrogen:
J. Balesdent
. Microorganisms in
the Transformation of Minerals: Effect on Formation, Functioning and
Development of Soils:
J. Berthelin
. The Rhizosphere:
P. Lemanceau and T. Heulin
Part III: Consequences of
Exploitation of Soils by Man
. Salinisation of Soils:
C.
Cheverry and
G. Bourrié
. Erosion of
Cultivated Soils by Water in Temperate Conditions:
Y. Le Bissonnais and
C. Gascuel-Odoux
. Sources of Soil Pollution:
S.
Martin
. Contamination of Soils by Heavy Metals and Other
Trace Elements:
P. Cambier and
M. Mench
. Use
of Pesticides and Fertilisers in Agriculture:
C. Clermont-Dauphin and
J.M.Meynard
. Purifying Functions of Soil and their
Limits:
J.C. Germon
Annexure: Soil Quality Observatory: A
Management Tool for Agriculture, an Instrument for Monitoring Ecological
Systems:
S. Martin
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