Regolith is the layer of broken and unconsolidated rock and soil material that forms the surface of the land and covers the bedrock nearly everywhere. An understanding of its properties and structure is very important in topics such as groundwater supply, soil conservation and exploration efforts for economic materials. Regolith, Soils and Landforms is a manual for students, professionals and researchers concerned with the practical examination and analysis of earth surface materials in the field. The text describes many economic aspects of regolith studies, such as the formation of mineral deposits, the importance of weathering zones and how the chemistry of regolith affects human health. Presenting a new view of the geological history of the earth, it places emphasis on the formation and destruction of regolith materials and provides a challenge for established concepts in landscape evolution. It will be an essential text to a wide range of readership including students of Geology, Geomorphology, Geography, Agriculture and Engineering as well as professionals dealing with regolith in their own work.
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A manual for professionals and researchers concerned with the practical examination and analysis of earth surface materials in the field. It describes many economic aspects of regolith studies such as the formation of mineral deposits, the importance of weathering zones and how the chemistry of regolith affects human health. Presents a new view of the geological history of the Earth by placing emphasis on the formation and destruction of regolith materials and provides a challenge for established concepts in landscape evolution.
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Regolith is the layer of broken and unconsolidated rock and soil material that forms the surface of the land and covers the bedrock nearly everywhere. An understanding of its properties and structure is very important in topics such as groundwater supply, soil conservation and exploration efforts for economic materials. Regolith, Soils and Landforms is a manual for students, professionals and researchers concerned with the practical examination and analysis of earth surface materials in the field. The text describes many economic aspects of regolith studies, such as the formation of mineral deposits, the importance of weathering zones and how the chemistry of regolith affects human health. Presenting a new view of the geological history of the earth, it places emphasis on the formation and destruction of regolith materials and provides a challenge for established concepts in landscape evolution. It will be an essential text to a wide range of readership including students of Geology, Geomorphology, Geography, Agriculture and Engineering as well as professionals dealing with regolith in their own work.
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Unique Australian Manual on the No Man's Land of Geology: Regolith,
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This review is from: Regolith, Soils and Landforms (Hardcover)
The publisher should've had the contents up and running by now. Here you have it:
Outline of regolith studies, Intro to weathering, Mechanisms of weathering, Mineral and rock weathering, Hydrology and regolith, Landforms and surficial sediments, Slopes and plains, Soils, Applied soil studies, Duricrusts stratigraphy and the age of the regolith, Tectonics and models of landscape evolution, Ores and geochemical exploration, Techniques, Regolith maps, The big picture: regolith in the geosystem. Ollier and Pain succeed in bringing attention to the entire mantle, or regolith, that covers bedrock. That is, soil, weathered rock (saprolite), residuum, transported surficial sediment, and chemical products. Essentially this is a complete reworking of the now dated title WEATHERING. The economic importance of regolith studies in Australia has paid off for mining concerns. But the authors include much here for pedologists, geographers, and sedimentary geologists working in arid and semi-arid environments. I liked their concept of 'whole continent' evolutionary geomorphology (p 274) which was introduced previously in ANCIENT LANDFORMS. Try REGOLITH GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY to round out the coverage of a resource being destroyed faster than it's created.
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Great Text,
By Tom Koler (Kelsey, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Regolith, Soils and Landforms (Hardcover)
In my opinion, this is one of the better books available for soil scientists, geomorphologists, and engineering geologists who need a good desk reference book on soil pedogenesis and landforms. The only weakness is the dearth of discussion on landslides and their role in landscape development.
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