One of the most influential works by a world authority on soils and their formation. This advanced treatise on theoretical soil science, long considered a masterpiece of scientific methodology offers pedologists, geologists and geophysicists both a detailed discussion of the nature of the earth's terrestrial environment, and a method of subdividing and studying it.
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This is the "Darwin" of Soil Science.,
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This review is from: Factors of Soil Formation: A System of Quantitative Pedology (Dover Earth Science) (Paperback)
Browsing from another field of geoscience, Jenny's book formulates and describes the paradigm of the field. I have never filled the margins of any book with so many thoughts and speculations. And yes, I even went out into the field to look at dirt as a result.
Jenny's theorem is an elegant expression of math so complex that it is doubtful that any solution can ever by achieved to precisely describe the geochemical environment at any moment. Yet is describes the tendency for soil forming factors to reach equilibrium, an equilibrium dependent ultimately on climate. Any geoscientist or scientific minded individual should read The Principia, The Origin of Species, The Structure of a Scientific Revolution and -- Hans Jenny's book on Factors of Soil Formation.
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Factors of Soil Formation : A System of Quantitative Pedolog,
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This review is from: Factors of Soil Formation: A System of Quantitative Pedology (Dover Earth Science) (Paperback)
This book by Jenny is the basis for soil formation theory.Jenny's State Factor Function model consists of the effect of Climate, Organics, Relief, Parent Material and Time on the formation of soils. It may be easily remembered by: Cl,O,R,P,T. I feel that this book is invaluable to anyone studying soils at higher education level.
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- Geoecology: An Evolutionary Approach by Richard Huggett on page 46, and Back Matter
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- Soils, Land and Food: Managing the Land during the Twenty-First Century by Alan Wild in Back Matter
- Progress: Geographical Essays by Robert David Sack on page 20
- Environmental Change: The Evolving Ecosphere by Richard Huggett in Back Matter
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