Open AccessEnvironmental Soil Physics
Author(s) -
Fritton Daniel D.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/99eo00206
Subject(s) - soil physics , sustainability , scale (ratio) , environmental science , environmental quality , earth science , environmental resource management , soil science , agricultural engineering , ecology , engineering , physics , soil water , geology , biology , quantum mechanics
On a global scale, the soil represents just the skin of the Earth. This thin layer, however, is critical to the functioning of the hydrological cycle, the sustainability and adequacy of food production, and the maintenance of a quality environment. Soil functions are frequently split into biological, chemical, and physical components to ease study and understanding. Daniel Hillel develops the physical aspects of the soil in its broadest sense in this latest textbook, Environmental Soil Physics , which updates and expands his earlier works.