This note covers the following
topics: Soil Physical Properties, Soil-water potential- concepts and
measurement, Saturated water flow, Water flow in unsaturated soils, Field soil
water regime, Solute movement, Gas flow, Heat transfer, Spatial and temporal
variability of soil physical properties.
This
note explains the following topics: Habits Of Worms, The Amount Of Fine Earth
Brought Up By Worms To The Surface, The Part Which Worms Have Played In The
Burial Of Ancient Buildings, The Action Of Worms In The Denudation Of The Land,
The Denudation Of The Land.
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.
Soil Fertility book presents nine chapters written by renowned soil
fertility experts from Africa, Asia and South America. The book is divided into
two sections. Section 1, Biological Processes and Integration of Inorganic and
Organic Fertilizers for Soil Fertility Improvement, examines biological
processes that can enhance the soil fertility. The second section,
Improving Fertilizer Recommendation and Efficiency, looks at the
state-of-the-art in leaf sampling and analysis.
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.