Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths

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Title: Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths

Contains: Interpretation ofMicromorphologicalFeatures of Soils andRegoliths; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Micromorphology as a Tool inSoil and Regolith Studies; 1. Introduction; 2. Soil and Regolith Genesis; 3. Soil and Regolith Classification; 4. Palaeopedology, Quaternary Geologyand Archaeology; 5. Soil Management and Other Applications; 6. Correlations Between Micromorphologyand Physical Data; 7. Monitoring Experimental Work and Analyses; 8. Conclusions; References
Chapter 2. Micromorphological Featuresand Their Relation toProcesses and Classification:General Guidelines and Keys1. Introduction; 1.1 Criteria for in situ Formation and Relative Chronology; 1.2 Relicts of the Parent Material; 2. Key to Features; 2.1 Microstructure and c/f-Related Distribution Patterns; 2.2 Groundmass; 2.3. Organic material; 2.4. Pedofeatures; References; Chapter 3. Colluvial and Mass Wasting Deposits; 1. Introduction; 2. General Features of Translocated Material; 3. Colluvial Deposits; 3.1. Laminated Colluvium; 3.2. Non-laminated Colluvium
3.3. Post-depositional Alterations4. Mass Wasting Deposits; 4.1. Solifluction deposits; 4.2. Landslides; 4.3. Debris-flow deposits; 4.4. Grain-flow deposits; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Saprolites; 1. Introduction; 2. The Saprolite Profile; 3. General Micromorphological Features; 4. Saprolites on Specific Lithological Rock Types; 4.1. Igneous Rocks; 4.2. Metamorphic Rocks; 4.3. Sedimentary Rocks; 5. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Pedoplasmation: Formation of Soil Material; 1. Introduction; 2. General Features; 3. Disappearance of the Original Rock Fabric
4. Development of Microstructure and Porosity5. Other Changes; 5.1. Changes in Grain-Size Distribution; 5.2. Colour Homogenisation and Limpidity Changes; 5.3. Changes of the b-Fabric; 6. Pedoplasmation on Carbonate Rocks; 7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. Frost Action; 1. Introduction; 2. Microstructure; 2.1. Platy and Lenticular Microstructure; 2.2. Granular Microstructure; 2.3. Microstructure Stability; 3. Groundmass; 3.1. Micromass; 3.2. Coarse Material; 4. Pedofeatures; 5. Implications for Pedostratigraphy; 6. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Vertic Features
1. Introduction2. Microstructure; 3. Groundmass; 3.1. Coarse Fraction; 3.2. Micromass; 3.3. Pedofeatures; 4. Degradation of Vertic Features in Cultivated Soils; 5. Vertic Features in Palaeosoils; 6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 8. Redoximorphic Features; 1. Introduction; 2. General Genetic Aspects; 3. Nature and Identification; 3.1. Intrusive Redox Pedofeatures; 3.2. Impregnative Redox Pedofeatures; 3.3. Depletion Redox Pedofeatures; 4. Significance; 4.1. Duration of Water Saturation; 4.2. Special Cases; 4.3. Relict versus Contemporary Features; 5. Conclusions; References
Chapter 9. Calcium Carbonate Features

Contributor: Stoops, Georges [Other]; Marcelino, Vera [Other]; Mees, F. [Other]

imprint: Amsterdam; Oxford: Elsevier, 2010
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Extent: Online Ressource

Language: English

ISBN: 0444531564; 9780444531568; 9780080932309; 0080932304; 1282769154; 9781282769151; 9786612769153; 6612769157

RVK notation: RB 10159 : Methoden
ZC 12000 : Allgemeines

Keywords: Boden > Regolith > Mikromorphologie > Pore > Bodengefüge > Dünnschliffmikroskopie
Fossiler Boden > Porenraum
Boden > Regolith > Mikromorphologie > Pore > Bodengefüge

Type of reproduction: Online-Ausg.

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Description: Micromorphology as a tool in soil and regolith studies / Georges Stoops -- Micromorphological features and their relation to processes and classification: general guidelines and keys / Georges Stoops, Vera Marcelino & Florias Mees -- Colluvial and mass wasting deposits / Herman Mücher, Henk van Steijn & Frans Kwaad -- Saprolites / Siti Zauyah, Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer & Felipe N.B. Simas -- Pedoplasmation: formation of soil material / Georges Stoops & Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer -- Frost action / Brigitte Van Vliet-Lano -- Vertic features / Irina Kovda & Ahmet R. Mermut -- Redoximorphic features / David L. Lindbo, Mark H. Stolt & Mike J. Vepraskas -- Calcium carbonate features / Nicolas Durand, H. Curtis Monger & Matthew G. Canti -- Gypsic features / Rosa M. Poch, Octavio Artieda, Juan Herrero & Marina Lebedeva-Verba -- Textural pedofeatures and related horizons / Peter Kühn, José Aguilar & Rienk Miedema -- Spodic materials / Michael A. Wilson & Dominique Righi -- Regoliths and soils on volcanic ash / Sergey Sedov, Georges Stoops & Sergey Shoba -- Oxic and related materials / Vera Marcelino, Georges Stoops & Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer -- Lateritic and bauxitic materials / Georges Stoops & Vera Marcelino -- Topsoils : mollic, takyric and yermic horizons / Maria Gerasimova & Marina Lebedeva -- Soil organic matter / Mark H. Stolt & David L. Lindbo -- Features related to faunal activity / Maja J. Kooistra & Mirjam M. Pulleman -- Physical and biological surface crusts and seals / Marcello Pagliai & Georges Stoops -- Salt minerals in saline soils and salt crusts / Florias Mees & Tatiana V. Tursina -- Pedogenic and biogenic siliceous features / Ma. del Carmen Gutǐrrez-Castorena & William R. Effland -- Authigenic silicate minerals -- sepiolite-palygorskite, zeolites and sodium silicates / Florias Mees -- Phosphatic features / Panagiotis Karkanas & Paul Goldberg -- Sulphidic and sulphuric materials / Florias Mees & Georges Stoops -- Anthropogenic features / W. Paul Adderley, Clare A. Wilson, Ian A. Simpson & Donald A. Davidson -- Archaeological materials / Richard I. Macphail & Paul Goldberg -- Palaeosoils and relict soils / Nicolas Fedoroff, Marie-Agn͏̈s Courty & Zhengtang Guo

Soil micromorphology deals with the microscopic study of undisturbed soil and regolith samples, making use especially of thin sections and petrographic techniques. It exists as a discipline for almost 70 years. Micromorphology is used by pedologists, quaternary geologists, sedimentologists, and since two decennia intensively by archaeologists. This book provides the state of art in the field of genetic interpretation of micromorphological features, which is not restricted to the classic genetic soil horizons, but also covers processes of soil material formation and weathering, and the results of human activities and regoliths in a wider sense. State of art in the field of genetic interpretation of micromorphological features Over 2,600 different references Written by 46 leading experts in the field

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