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Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths, Second Edition, provides researchers and students with a tool for interpreting features observed in soil thin sections and through submicroscopic studies. After an introduction and general overview, micromorphological aspects of regoliths (e.g., saprolites, transported materials) are highlighted, followed by a systematic and coherent discussion of the micromorphological expression of various pedogenic processes. The book is written by an international team of experts in the field, using a uniform set of concepts and terminology, making it a valuable interdisciplinary reference work.
The following topics are treated: freeze-thaw features, redoximorphic features, calcareous and gypsiferous formations, textural features, spodic and oxic horizons, volcanic materials, organic matter, surface horizons, laterites, surface crusts, salt minerals, biogenic and pedogenic siliceous materials, other authigenic silicates, phosphates, sulphidic and sulphuric materials, and features related to faunal activity. The last chapters address anthropogenic features,archaeological materials and palaeosoils.
Contents
1. Micromorphology as a tool in soil and regolith studies
2. Collovial And Mass Wasting Deposits
3. Saprolites
4. Pedoplasmation: formation of soil material
5. Fabric and composition of the groundmass
6. Pedogenic siliceous features
7. Biogenic siliceous features
8. Authigenic silicate minerals - sepiolite-palygorskite, zeolites and sodium silicates
9. Calcium carbonate features
10. Gypsic features
11. Salt minerals in saline soils and salt crusts
12. Phosphatic features
13. Sulphidic and sulphuric materials
14. Textural pedofeatures and related horizons
15. Redoximorphic features
16. Features related to faunal activity
17. Organic matter
18. Topsoils
19. Physical and biological surface crusts
20. Frost action
21. Vertic features
22. Spodic materials
23. Oxic and related materials
24. Lateritic and bauxitic materials
25. Regoliths and soils on volcanic ash
26. Anthropogenic features
27. Archaeological materials
28. Palaeosoils and relict soils, a conceptual approach
29. Palaeosoils and relict soils, a systematic review
30. Micromorphological Features and their relation to processes and clarification
