Inorganic Constituents in Soil: Basics and Visuals - Hardcover

Nanzyo, Masami; Kanno, Hitoshi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811312133 ISBN 13: 9789811312137

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

This open access book is a must-read for students of and beginners in soil science. In a well-organized and easy-to-follow manner, it provides basic outlines of soil minerals, new methods and recent developments in the field, with a special focus on visual aids.

The chapters on primary minerals, secondary minerals, non-crystalline inorganic constituents and inorganic constituents sensitive to varying redox conditions will help readers understand the basic components of soils. Further, readers are introduced to new analytical methods with the aid of microscopy and recent developments in the field. Uniquely, the book features case studies on the identification and isolation methods for vivianite crystals from paddy field soils, as well as a useful procedure for identifying noncrystalline constituents such as volcanic glasses and plant opals, which can also be applied to other soils depending on the local conditions.

Given its focus and coverage, the book will be useful toall readers who are interested in agronomy, plant production science, agricultural chemistry and environmental science. 

In addition, it can help biogeochemists further expand their research work on the rhizosphere of wetland plant roots, iron and phosphate dynamics, etc.

About this title

About the Author

Masami Nanzyo (Ph. D., Professor of Soil Science)

Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University.

Awards: Japanese Society of Soil Physics Award (2005), Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Award (2010), The Clay Science Society of Japan Award (2014).

Hitoshi Kanno (PhD, Associate Professor)

Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University

From the Back Cover

This open access book is a must-read for students of and beginners in soil science. In a well-organized and easy-to-follow manner, it provides basic outlines of soil minerals, new methods and recent developments in the field, with a special focus on visual aids. 

The chapters on primary minerals, secondary minerals, non-crystalline inorganic constituents and inorganic constituents sensitive to varying redox conditions will help readers understand the basic components of soils. Further, readers are introduced to new analytical methods with the aid of microscopy and recent developments in the field. Uniquely, the book features case studies on the identification and isolation methods for vivianite crystals from paddy field soils, as well as a identical procedure for identifying noncrystalline constituents such as volcanic glasses and plant opals, which can also be applied to other soils depending on the local conditions.

Given its focus and coverage, the book will be useful to all readers who are interested in agronomy, plant production science, agricultural chemistry and environmental science. In addition, it can help biogeochemists further expand their research work on the rhizosphere of wetland plant roots, iron and phosphate dynamics, etc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811312133
• ISBN 13: 9789811312137
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192