Introduction to the Petrology of Soils and Chemical Weathering

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Introduction to the Petrology of Soils and Chemical Weathering Author: Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Pages: 336 Language: English ISBN: 9780471508618 Category:

This text describes a new analytical approach to petrology, the study of the origins, morphology and classification of soils. It examines the chemical weathering that occurs through the interaction of rain and underground water with consolidated rocks, dealing with the subject from the microscopic scale right up to the landscape scale. The author includes an overview of major weathering processes and discusses the supergene (near the surface) alteration of rocks and minerals, structural transformations, transfers and accumulations of soils and the evolution of pedological mantles. The text arrives at a number of conclusions regarding soils as a reflection of the past and present.

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Author Biography

Daniel B. Nahon is the author of Introduction to the Petrology of Soils and Chemical Weathering, published by Wiley.