Cover Image

Soils of the past : an introduction to paleopedology /

Show other versions (1)

It has been 10 years since publication of the first edition of Soils of the Past. In that time the subject of paleopedology has grown rapidly, and established itself within the mainstream of geological research. Ancient soils contain vital mineralogical, geochemical, textural, and paleontological in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Retallack, Greg J. (Greg John), 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, ©2001.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Paleopedology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Soils and paleosols
  • 1. Paleopedology
  • 2. Soils on and under the landscape
  • 3. Features of fossil soils
  • 4. Soil-forming processes
  • 5. Soil classification
  • 6. Mapping and naming paleosols
  • 7. Alteration of paleosols after burial
  • pt. 2. Factors in soil formation
  • 8. Models of soil formation
  • 9. Climate
  • 10. Organisms
  • 11. Topographic relief as a factor
  • 12. Parent material as a factor
  • 13. Time as a factor
  • pt. 3. Fossil record of soils
  • 14. A long-term natural experiment in pedogenesis
  • 15. Soils of other worlds
  • 16. Earth's earliest landscapes
  • 17. Early life on land
  • 18. Large plants and animals on land
  • 19. Afforestation of the land
  • 20. Grasses in dry continental interiors
  • 21. Human impact on landscapes.