This note describes the following topics: Soil Forming Processes, Aerial
Photography, Soil Classification and Land Capability Classification, Soil
Physical Properties, Soil Structure and Consistency, Densities of Soil, Porosity
and Soil Color, Soil Air and Temperature, Soil Water, Soil Colloids, Ion
Exchange, Soil pH and Nutrient Availability, Soil Organic Matter, Soil
Environmental Quality and Quality of Irrigation Water .
Author(s): Dr. D. Tripathi, Dr. S. Mani and Sh. Mohinder
Singh
This PDF covers the following topics
related to Soil Biology : The Soil Food Web, the Food Web & Soil Health,
Bacteria, Soil Fungi, Soil Protozoa, Nematodes, Arthropods, Earthworms.
In the first section of this book on
soil erosion, an introduction to the soil erosion problem is presented. In
the first part of the second section, rainfall erosivity is estimated on the
basis of pluviograph records and cumulative rainfall depths by means of
empirical equations and machine learning methods. In the second part of the
second section, a physically-based, hydrodynamic, finite element model is
described for the computation of surface runoff and channel flows.
The purpose of this web
resource is to provide fundamental concepts for managing nutrients in tropical
soils and container crop production. Topics covered includes: Soil composition,
Soil profile Factors that cause differences in soil behavior and performance,
Goals of Modern Nutrient Management, Soil-Nutrient Relationships, Soil Acidity
and Liming, Essential Nutrients, Soil Fertility Evaluation, Fertilizer Material,
Fertilizer Placement.
This class
presents the application of principles of soil mechanics. It considers the
following topics: the origin and nature of soils; soil classification; the
effective stress principle; hydraulic conductivity;
stress-strain-strength behavior of cohesionless and cohesive soils and
application to lateral earth stresses; bearing capacity and slope stability;
consolidation theory and settlement analysis; and laboratory and field methods
for evaluation of soil properties in design practice.