Soil and Environmental Analysis

Journal of Soil Science

...Each chapter is self-contained and written with enthusiasm and authority.

Journal of Environmental Quality

Abundant praise for the previous edition... "...a useful, well-organized reference.

Environmental Management and Health

...the editors have succeeded in bringing together a very useful collection of ‘state of the art’ reviews".the papers in this volume are of a uniformly high standard and throughout have a common, well organized structure.

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

The authors are to be complimented for explaining the complex soil behaviour in a lucid manner. The treatment is comprehensive and covers recent developments....serve[s] as a good reference text.

Booknews

Reviews current methods for soil physical analysis, considering application accuracy, measurement time, ease of use, and cost of equipment. Each chapter provides the underlying theory as well as the limitations, reliability, and applications of various methods to facilitate the selection of appropriate techniques for specific applications. Fifteen contributions from academics in soil science and related fields discuss topics such as time- and frequency-domain methods for measuring water content, matric potential, penetrometry, and soil thermal properties. The second edition includes new chapters on the measurement of infiltration, soil strength and friability, and soil profile evaluation and description, and expanded information on soil-atmosphere exchange of environmentally important gases, including radon and greenhouse gases. Editors Smith and Mullins are with the U. of Edinburgh and the U. of Aberdeen (Scotland), respectively. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)