Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 Composition of soil
- 2 Interaction of soil and water
- 3 Measurement of water content and potential
- 4 Principles of water movement in soil
- 5 Distribution of water in soil
- 6 Ground water in soils and aquifers
- 7 The use of isotopes and other tracers in soil water and groundwater studies
- 8 Soil structure
- 9 Deformation of soil
- 10 Management of soil water
- 11 Soil erosion and conservation
- 12 Chemical transport in soil
- 13 The physical environment of roots
- 14 Plants and soil water
- Appendixes
- References
- Index
Preface to the second edition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 Composition of soil
- 2 Interaction of soil and water
- 3 Measurement of water content and potential
- 4 Principles of water movement in soil
- 5 Distribution of water in soil
- 6 Ground water in soils and aquifers
- 7 The use of isotopes and other tracers in soil water and groundwater studies
- 8 Soil structure
- 9 Deformation of soil
- 10 Management of soil water
- 11 Soil erosion and conservation
- 12 Chemical transport in soil
- 13 The physical environment of roots
- 14 Plants and soil water
- Appendixes
- References
- Index
Summary
In revising Soil Physics, we have retained the original framework of the book, keeping soil-water relations as the central theme. Much of the updating that has been necessary is in chapters that bear on field aspects of the subject where there has been much activity in research.
The intervening years have seen the wide adoption of SI units and the acceptance in the plant sciences of a terminology for water retention and movement that is closely allied to that used in soil physics. These welcome trends have made our task easier than it was when we prepared the first edition of this book.
We acknowledge our indebtedness to the libraries of Flinders and La Trobe Universities and of the Division of Soils, CSIRO.
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