Anthropogenic Soils

By Jeffrey Howard

Book Overview

Contents.- Characteristics of Anthropogenic Soils.- Nature and Significance of Anthropogenic Soils.- Geocultural Setting.- Anthropogenic Landforms and Surficial deposits.- Human Impacts on Soils.- Physical, Chemical, and Mineralogical Characteristics.- Soil Classification.- Artifacts.- Types of Anthropogenic Soils.- Anthropogenic soils in agricultural settings.- Anthropogenic soils in archaeological settings.- Mine-Soils.- Urban soils.- Use and Management of Anthropogenic Soils.- Problems associated with anthropogenic soils.- Revitalization of anthropogenic soils.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331954330X
• ISBN13: 9783319543307
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"