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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