Interacting Processes in Soil Science

About this book

This text focuses on coupled processes in soil. Topics covered include: the effects of inorganic salts on water flow; modelling of sorption; transport and transformation of organic solutes; and the effects of micro-organisms on silicate clay minerals. The book presents studies and approaches that can be extended and complemented by innovative work in the future.

Contents

Effect of Soil Structure, Tillage, and Aggregation upon Soil Hydraulic Properties (J. Bouma). Physico-Chemical Effects of Salts upon Infiltration and Water Movement in Soils (I. Shainberg and G.J. Levy). Transport of Inorganic Solutes in Soil (S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee and G. Destouni). Modeling Coupled Processes in Porous Media: Sorption, Transformation, and Transport of Organic Solutes (M.L. Brusseau and P.S.C. Rao and C.A. Bellin). Microbial Distributions, Activities, and Movement in the Terrestrial Subsurface: Experimental and Theoretical Studies (R.W. Harvey and M.A. Widdowson). Effects of Microorganisms on Phyllosilicate Properties and Behavior (J.W. Stucki, H. Gan, and H.T. Wilkinson). The Mechanics of Soil-Root Interactions (D.R.P. Hettiaratchi). Index.

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