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Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe
Incl CD-ROM
ISBN/EAN: 9783540487104
Umbreit-Nr.: 1192934
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: XXV, 644 S.
Format in cm: 3.9 x 24 x 16.5
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 12.12.2006
Auflage: 1/2007
- Zusatztext
- InhaltsangabeEuropean Volcanic Soil Resources.- to Section I. European Volcanic Soil Resources.- Volcanic Soil Resources in France.- Soils of volcanic regions of Germany.- Volcanic soil resources of Greece.- Hungary and the Carpathian Basin.- Icelandic volcanic soil resources.- Italian volcanic soils.- Soils of volcanic systems in Portugal.- Soil of volcanic regions in Slovakia.- Soils of volcanic systems in Spain.- Reference Pedons: morphology, mineralogy and classification.- Intergration and overview.- A classification of tephra in volcanic soils. A tool for soil scientists.- Soil descriptions.- Micromorphology.- Mineralogy of the sand fraction - results and problems.- Extractability and FTIR-characteristics of poorly-ordered minerals in a collection of volcanic ash soils.- Crystalline clay constituents of soils from European volcanic systems.- Characteristics and genesis of volcanic soils from South Central Italy: Mt. Gauro (Phlegraean Fields, Campania) and Vico lake (Latium).- Classification of the Reference Pedons: World Reference Base for Soil Resources and Soil Taxonomy.- Classification of the soils according to 'Horizon Identification - the Reference Point System'.- Reference Pedons: chemical and biological characteristics.- Introduction: Chemistry of European volcanic soils.- The physico-chemical data base.- Elemental composition of Reference European Volcanic Soils.- Chemical weathering of Reference European Volcanic Soils.- Aluminium and iron fractionation of European volcanic soils by selective dissolution techniques.- Phosphate sorption of European volcanic soils.- Exchange complex properties of soils from a range of European volcanic areas.- Multivariate statistical analysis of chemical properties of European volcanic soils.- NaOH and Na-Na4P2O7-extractable organic matter in two allophanic volcanic ash soils of the Azores Islands - quantified pyrolysis-GC/MS data and factor analysis.- Thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation of organic matter in two allophanic volcanic ash soils from the Azores Islands.- Heavy metal sorption by andic and non-andic horizons from volcanic parent materials.- Reference Pedons: physical characteristics.- Application of Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS) to study European Volcanic Soils: a preliminary examination.- Laser-diffraction grain-size analyses of reference profiles.- Organo-mineral clay and physical properties in COST 622 European volcanic soils.- A comparative analysis of the pore system in volcanic soils by means of water-retention measurements and image analysis.- Physical properties in European volcanic soils: a synthesis and recent developments.- Volcanic Soils and Land Use.- to Section V. European Volcanic Soils and Land Use.- Landslide processes and Andosols: the case study of the Campania region, Italy.- Effects of land use on soil degradation and restoration in the Canary Islands.- Trace elements in polluted Italian volcanic soils.- Pesticide sorption of European volcanic soils.- Eutrophication in the Azores Islands.- Soils and Land Use of Santorini, Greece.- Environmental features and land use of Etna (Sicily - Italy).