The Soils of Chile /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Series: | World Soils Book Series,
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- General Chile overview
- Territory formation: geology and geomorphology
- Climate: from desert to glaciers
- Vegetation.-Land use
- Main features of Chilean soils
- Soil formation in Chile
- Major soil zones
- A soil map of Chile
- Management of soil properties in Chile
- Chemical properties
- Physical properties
- Biological properties
- Human induced soil degradation in Chile
- Erosive soil degradation
- Non erosive soil degradation
- Desertification
- Future of soil conservation in Chile
- Annexe.