Introduction to Soil Physics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780123485205)

This book is a unified, condensed, and simplified version of the recently issued twin volumes, Fundamentals of Soil Physics and Applications of Soil Physics. Nonessential topics and complexities have been deleted, and little prior knowledge of the subject is assumed. An effort has been made to provide an elementary, readable, and self-sustaining description of the soil's physical properties and of the manner in which these properties govern the processes taking place in the field. Consideration is given to the ways in which the soil's processes can be influenced, for better or for worse, by man. Sample problems are provided in an attempt to illustrate how the abstract principles embodied in mathematical equations can be applied in practice. The author hope that the present version will be more accessible to students than its precursors and that it might serve to arouse their interest in the vital science of soil physics.

Author: Daniel Hillel
ISBN-10: 0123485207
ISBN-13: 9780123485205
Publisher: Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 02/28/1982
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d