This book describes and comprehensively illustrates the soils of the world in accordance with the worldwide WRB classification. The structure of the book follows the ecozone concept. For every ecozone, location, climate and vegetation as well as soil formation and distribution are presented. All soils representative of the corresponding ecozone are then described in detail: definition, properties, distribution, use, classification, genesis. Over 260 photographs illustrate soil profiles, soil details and landscapes. Instructive maps and graphs help understand soil properties and soil-forming processes and make the publication an excellent reference book about the world's soils.
Author(s): Wolfgang Zech, Peter Schad, Gerd Hintermaier-Erhard
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 259
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 The World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB)
1.2 Horizon Designations
1.3 Particle Sizes and Texture
1.4 Overview of the Reference Soil Groups and Their Distribution across the Ecozones
References
2 Polar-Subpolar Zone (Tundra Zone)
2.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
2.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
2.3 Reference Soil Groups
2.3.1 Cryosols (CR)
2.4 Landscapes and Soils
2.5 Soil Sequences
References
3 Boreal Zone (Taiga Zone)
3.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
3.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
3.3 Reference Soil Groups
3.3.1 Histosols (HS)
3.3.2 Gleysols (GL)
3.3.3 Podzols (PZ)
3.3.4 Retisols (RT)
3.3.5 Stagnosols (ST)
3.4 Landscapes and Soils
3.5 Soil Sequences
References
4 Humid Mid-Latitudes
4.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
4.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
4.3 Reference Soil Groups
4.3.1 Cambisols (CM)
4.3.2 Luvisols (LV)
4.3.3 Umbrisols (UM)
4.4 Landscapes and Soils
4.5 Soil Sequences
References
5 Dry Mid-Latitudes
5.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
5.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
5.3 Reference Soil Groups
5.3.1 Phaeozems (PH)
5.3.2 Chernozems (CH)
5.3.3 Kastanozems (KS)
5.4 Landscapes and Soils
5.5 Soil Sequences
References
6 Subtropics with Winter Rain
6.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
6.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
6.3 Typical soils
6.3.1 Cambisols with the Chromic Qualifier
6.3.2 Luvisols with the Chromic Qualifier
6.3.3 Common Soil-Forming Process: Rubification
6.4 Landscapes and Soils
6.5 Soil Sequences
References
7 Subtropics with Year-Round Rain
7.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
7.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
7.3 Reference Soil Groups
7.3.1 Acrisols (AC)
7.3.2 Alisols (AL)
7.4 Landscapes and Soils
7.5 Soil Sequences
References
8 Dry Tropics and Subtropics
8.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
8.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
8.3 Reference Soil Groups
8.3.1 Arenosols (AR)
8.3.2 Calcisols (CL)
8.3.3 Gypsisols (GY)
8.3.4 Durisols (DU)
8.3.5 Solonchaks (SC)
8.3.6 Solonetz (SN)
8.4 Landscapes and Soils
8.5 Soil Sequences
References
9 Tropics with Summer Rain
9.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
9.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
9.3 Reference Soil Groups
9.3.1 Lixisols (LX)
9.3.2 Nitisols (NT)
9.3.3 Vertisols (VR)
9.3.4 Planosols (PL)
9.4 Landscapes and Soils
9.5 Soil Sequences
References
10 Tropics with Year-Round Rain
10.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
10.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
10.3 Reference Soil Groups
10.3.1 Ferralsols (FR)
10.3.2 Plinthosols (PT)
10.4 Landscapes and Soils
10.5 Soil Sequences
References
11 Mountain Regions
11.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
11.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
11.3 Reference Soil Groups
11.3.1 Leptosols (LP)
11.3.2 Regosols (RG)
11.3.3 Andosols (AN)
11.4 Landscapes and Soils
11.5 Soil Sequences
References
12 Ubiquitous Soils
12.1 Location, Climate and Vegetation
12.2 Soil Formation and Distribution
12.3 Reference Soil Groups
12.3.1 Fluvisols (FL)
12.3.2 Anthrosols (AT)
12.3.3 Technosols (TC)
12.4 Landscapes and soils
12.5 Soil Sequences
References
Index
