Dan H. .. Yaʿalon Livres

The book presents a wideranging perspective on the history of soil science comprising a collection of 22 papers. Following an overview on the main paradigms, developments of the concepts of humus, classification of soil types and soil series usage are treated in specific chapters. Some selected topics in the history of soil chemistry and soil physics are treated in detail. A number of articles deal with regional aspects of soil science and the contribution of some outstanding personalities from the 18th to the 20th centuries. This is the first original history in soil science in the English language.

The present collection of 12 papers ranges from introductory general reviews to a number of detailed, process oriented, regional and local studies, related to the distribution of aridic soils and duricrusts in landscapes of three continents. It is followed by three papers on modelling and laboratory studies of geomorphic processes significant in aridic landscapes. It is rounded up by a methodological study of landform-vegetation relationships and a regional study of desertification.