The soils of Wisconsin /
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| Author / Creator: | Bockheim, James G., author. |
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| Imprint: | Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017. |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | World soils book series World soils book series. |
| Subject: | Soils -- Wisconsin. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General. Physical geography & topography. Regional geography. Soil science, sedimentology. Soils. Wisconsin. Electronic books. |
| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11271839 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; Summary; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Definition of Soil; 1.2 The Soils of Wisconsin; 1.3 Major Soil Regions of Wisconsin; 1.4 Classification of Wisconsin Soils; 1.5 Summary; 2 History of Soil Studies; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Early Soil Investigations; 2.2.1 T.C. Chamberlin; 2.2.2 Soil Research; 2.2.3 Soil Survey and Mapping; 2.2.4 The State Soil; 2.3 Summary; 3 Soil-Forming Factors; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Climate; 3.2.1 Previous Work; 3.2.2 Current Climate; 3.2.3 Past Climates; 3.2.4 The Changing Climate; 3.3 Organisms; 3.3.1 Past Work.
- 3.3.2 Pre-settlement Vegetation3.3.3 Present Vegetation; 3.3.4 Vegetation and Soil Development; 3.4 Relief; 3.5 Parent Materials; 3.5.1 Previous Work; 3.5.2 Geological Structure; 3.5.3 Glacial Geology; 3.6 Time; 3.7 Humans; 3.7.1 Previous Work; 3.7.2 Paleo-Indians and Land Use; 3.7.3 Modern Human Impacts; 3.8 Summary; 4 Soil-Forming Processes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Soil-Forming Processes; 4.2.1 Argilluviation; 4.2.2 Biological Enrichment of Base Cations; 4.2.3 Gleization; 4.2.4 Cambisolization; 4.2.5 Paludization and Ripening; 4.2.6 Melanization; 4.2.7 Podzolization.
- 4.2.8 Base Cation Leaching4.2.9 Ferrallitization; 4.2.10 Pedoturbation; 4.3 Summary; 5 The Soil Regions of Wisconsin; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 General Soil Regions; 5.2.1 Soils of Northern and Eastern Wisconsin; 5.2.2 Soils of Central Wisconsin; 5.2.3 Soils of Southwestern and Western Wisconsin; 5.2.4 Soils of Southeastern Wisconsin; 5.2.5 Statewide; 5.3 Summary; 6 Diagnostic Horizons and Soil Taxa; 6.1 Diagnostic Horizons; 6.2 Higher Levels: Orders, Suborders, and Great Groups; 6.3 Lower Levels: Subgroups, Series, and Families; 6.4 Summary; 7 Taxonomic Soil Regions; 7.1 Introduction.
- 7.2 Taxonomic Soil Regions7.2.1 Hapludalfs (Region 1); 7.2.2 Glossudalfs (Region 2); 7.2.3 Haplorthods (Region 3); 7.2.4 Haplosaprists-Haplohemists (Region 4); 7.2.5 Udipsamments and Udifluvents (Region 5); 7.2.6 Argiudolls (Region 6); 7.2.7 Aquolls (Region 7); 7.2.8 Hapludolls (Region 8); 7.2.9 Aquods (Region 9); 7.2.10 Aqualfs (Region 10); 7.2.11 Paleudalfs (Region 11); 7.2.12 Udepts (Region 12); 7.2.13 Aquepts (Region 13); 7.2.14 Aquents (Region 14); 7.2.15 Quartzipsamments (Region 15); 7.2.16 Fragiorthods (Region 16); 7.3 Summary; 8 Alfisols; 8.1 Distribution; 8.2 Properties and Processes.
- 8.3 Use and Management8.4 Summary; 9 Spodosols; 9.1 Distribution; 9.2 Properties and Processes; 9.3 Use and Management; 9.4 Summary; 10 Entisols; 10.1 Distribution; 10.2 Properties and Processes; 10.3 Use and Management; 10.4 Summary; 11 Mollisols; 11.1 Distribution; 11.2 Properties and Processes; 11.3 Use and Management; 11.4 Summary; 12 Histosols; 12.1 Distribution; 12.2 Properties and Processes; 12.3 Use and Management; 12.4 Summary; 13 Inceptisols; 13.1 Distribution; 13.2 Properties and Processes; 13.3 Use and Management; 13.4 Summary; 14 Paleosols; 14.1 Introduction.