Soil Micromorpohlogy: Studies in Management and Genesis : Proceedings of the IX International Working Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Townsville, A
, by Ringrose-Voase, A. J.; Humphreys, G. S.
- ISBN: 9780444897923 | 0444897925
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/1/1994
| Preface | |
| Micromorphology of soils of the humid tropics | p. 1 |
| Biogenic opal as an indicator of mixing in an Alfisol/Vertisol landscape | p. 17 |
| Morphology and origin of secondary calcite in soils from Beauce, France | p. 27 |
| Phases of calcrete (Nari) development as indicated by micromorphology | p. 37 |
| Fabric features of laterite and plinthite layers of ultisols in northeast Thailand | p. 51 |
| Darwinian zircons as provenance tracers of dust-size exotic components in laterites: mass balance and SHRIMP ion microprobe results | p. 65 |
| Iron oxides in iron-rich nodules of sandy soils from Alberta (Canada) | p. 83 |
| Iron-rich peds near a volcanic mudpool, Mt. Makiling (Philippines) | p. 99 |
| Light and electron microscopy studies of uranium distribution in the regolith at Koongarra, N.T. | p. 107 |
| Aquic conditions for Soil Taxonomy: concepts, soil morphology and micromorphology | p. 117 |
| Saprolite influence on formation of well-drained and hydromorphic horizons in an acid soil system as determined by structural analysis | p. 133 |
| Forms of iron oxides in acid hydromorphic soil environments. Morphology and characterization by selective dissolution | p. 141 |
| Signposts old and new: active and inactive redoximorphic features; and seasonal wetness in two Alfisols of the gulf coast region of Texas, U.S.A. | p. 149 |
| Micromorphology of an aquic paleudult developed in clayey, kaolinitic, coastal plain sediments in Maryland, U.S.A. | p. 161 |
| Micromorphological interpretation of redox processes in soils derived from triassic redbed parent materials | p. 171 |
| Micromorphology of spodic horizons in a Psamment - Aquod toposequence on the Atlantic coastal plain of Maryland, U.S.A. | p. 179 |
| Micromorphology of paleosols - genetic and paleoenvironmental deductions: Case studies from central China, south India, NW Morocco and the Great Plains of the U.S.A. | p. 187 |
| Pedosedimentary fabrics of soils within loess and colluvium in southern England and southern Germany | p. 207 |
| Soil and landscape processes evident in a hydromorphic grey earth (Plinthusalf) in semiarid tropical Australia | p. 221 |
| An exploratory examination of some relict hardpans in the coastal lowlands of southern Queensland | p. 233 |
| Micromorphology of polygenetic soils in a small watershed, north central Kansas, U.S.A. | p. 247 |
| Micromorphology of a Cambrian paleosol developed on granite: Llano Uplift region, Central Texas, U.S.A. | p. 257 |
| Micromorphological evaluation of loess deposits and paleosols on Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, U.S.A. | p. 265 |
| Micromorphological characteristics and paleoclimatic implications of lower cretaceous paleosols in southern Israel | p. 277 |
| Micromorphology and submicroscopy of isotropic and anisotropic Al/Si coatings in a Quaternary Allier terrace, (France) | p. 285 |
| Interpretation of interglacial cave sediments from a hominid site in North Wales: translocation of Ca-Fe-phosphates | p. 293 |
| Source materials, micromorphology, and the provenance of the storage jars from Roman Galilee | p. 307 |
| Soil thin section description: higher levels of classification of microfabrics as a tool for interpretation | p. 317 |
| Micromorphological classification of gypsiferous soil materials | p. 327 |
| Proposals for classifying and describing secondary micro-structures observed within completely weathered minerals | p. 333 |
| The normal related distribution pattern of soils developed in volcanic ash in the humid tropics | p. 343 |
| Quantitative relationships between net volume change and fabric properties during soil evolution | p. 353 |
| Silt flow in soils | p. 361 |
| Clay coating formation on impermeable materials: deposition by suspension retention | p. 373 |
| The ultramicromorphology of soil biota in situ in natural soils: a review | p. 381 |
| Morphological aspects of microorganisms habitats in a vertisol | p. 395 |
| The influence of fungus-cultivating ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini) on the morphology of andosols in Martinique | p. 405 |
| Variability in the growth of Faidherbia albida near Niamey, Niger, Africa: micromorphological aspects of termite activity | p. 411 |
| Bioturbation, biofabrics and the biomantle: an example from the Sydney Basin | p. 421 |
| Investigations on distribution patterns in soil: basic and relative distributions of roots, channels and cracks | p. 437 |
| Micromorphological observations of casts and burrow walls of the Gippsland giant earthworm (Megascolides australis, McCoy, 1878) | p. 451 |
| Image processing and soil micromorphology | p. 459 |
| Some principles to be observed in the quantitative analysis of sections of soil | p. 483 |
| Soil pore structure modelling using fuzzy random pseudofractal sets | p. 495 |
| Measurement of root distribution from sections through undisturbed soil specimens | p. 507 |
| On direct digital image acquisition from thin sections | p. 515 |
| Description of the spatial interaction between earthworm burrows and cracks at the soil surface | p. 521 |
| Quantitative methods to determine microporosity in soils and sediments | p. 531 |
| Quantitative micro-mineralogy and micro-fabric of soils and sediments | p. 541 |
| Description of microcrack orientation in a clayey soil using image analysis | p. 549 |
| Image analysis of pore space morphology in soil sections, in relation to water movement | p. 559 |
| Degradation of structure and hydraulic properties in an Oxisol under cultivation (Brazil) | p. 569 |
| Study of soil porosity with mercury porosimetry and image analysis on backscattered electron scanning images (BESI). Application to tilled "crusting soils" in Zimbabwe | p. 581 |
| Experimental relationship between the morphological pore-size distribution and the soil water-retention characteristic | p. 591 |
| The analysis of soil macropores and the flow of solutes | p. 601 |
| Structural pore pedofeatures: influence on some soil processes | p. 613 |
| Micromorphology and soil management | p. 623 |
| Structural degradation of a prairie soil from long-term management | p. 641 |
| Micromorphological characteristics of soils of different fertility in north eastern China | p. 651 |
| Soil structure transformations over the growing season - A micromorphological approach | p. 659 |
| A pragmatic role for image analysis when assessing compaction in Vertisols | p. 669 |
| Pore space degradation in Zimbabwean crusting soils | p. 677 |
| Changes in sandy Oxisols microfabric after mechanical up-rooting of an oil palm plantation | p. 687 |
| Biological and physical amelioration of poached soils | p. 697 |
| Micromorphological study of compacted mine soil in east Texas | p. 707 |
| Effects of simulated seismic acceleration on silty clay soil horizons: a submicroscopic, micromorphological and geotechnical approach | p. 719 |
| Microstructure of desert soils related to swelling behaviour | p. 729 |
| Soil surface crust formation: contribution of micromorphology | p. 737 |
| Micromorphological and hydraulic properties of surface crusts formed on a red earth soil in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Australia | p. 763 |
| Fabric changes during reclamation of a scalded, red duplex soil by waterponding | p. 777 |
| Bowl-structures: a composite depositional soil crust | p. 787 |
| Mineralogy and micromorphology of salt crusts from the Punjab, Pakistan | p. 799 |
| Micromorphology of silica cementation in soils | p. 811 |
| Micromorphological and chemical properties of Australian soils with hardsetting and duric horizons | p. 825 |
| Nature and origin of a duripan in a Durixeralf-Duraqualf toposequence: micromorphological aspects | p. 835 |
| Micromorphology and composition of silica accumulations in a hardpan | p. 845 |
| Strength characteristics of spodic horizons in soils of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, U.S.A. | p. 855 |
| Author Index | p. 865 |
| Subject Index | p. 867 |
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