Soils, their formation, properties, composition, and relations to climate and plant growth in the humid and arid regions
Eugene W. (Eugene Woldemar) Hilgard
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1. SOILS2. PREFACE.3. INTRODUCTION.4. CHAPTER I. THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF SOIL FORMATION.5. CHAPTER II. THE CHEMICAL PROCESSES OF SOIL FORMATION.6. CHAPTER III. THE MAJOR SOIL-FORMING MINERALS.7. CHAPTER IV. THE VARIOUS ROCKS AS SOIL-FORMERS.8. CHAPTER V. THE MINOR MINERALINGREDIENTS OF SOILS; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; MINERALS INJURIOUS TO AGRICULTURE.9. CHAPTER VI. PHYSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE SOILS.10. CHAPTER VII. THE DENSITY AND VOLUME-WEIGHT OF SOILS.11. CHAPTER VIII. SOIL AND SUBSOIL.12. CHAPTER IX. SOIL AND SUBSOIL (Continued).13. CHAPTER X. SOIL AND SUBSOIL (Continued)14. CHAPTER XI. THE WATER OF SOILS.15. CHAPTER XII. THE WATER OF SOILS.—Continued.16. CHAPTER XIII. WATER OF SOILS (Continued).17. CHAPTER XIV. ABSORPTION BY SOILS OF SOLIDS FROM SOLUTIONS. ABSORPTION OF GASES. AIR OF THE SOILS.18. CHAPTER XV. THE COLORS OF SOILS.19. CHAPTER XVI. CLIMATE.20. CHAPTER XVII. RELATIONS OF SOILS AND PLANT GROWTH TO HEAT.21. CHAPTER XVIII. THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF SOILS IN RELATION TO CROP PRODUCTION.22. CHAPTER XIX. THE ANALYSIS OF VIRGIN SOILS BY EXTRACTION WITH STRONG ACIDS.23. CHAPTER XX. SOILS OF THE ARID AND HUMID[125] REGIONS.24. CHAPTER XXI. SOILS OF ARID AND HUMID REGIONS (Continued).25. CHAPTER XXII. ALKALI SOILS.26. CHAPTER XXIII. UTILIZATION AND RECLAMATION OF ALKALI LANDS.27. CHAPTER XXIV. THE RECOGNITION OF CHARACTER OF SOILS FROM THEIR NATIVE VEGETATION; MISSISSIPPI.[183]28. CHAPTER XXV. RECOGNITION OF THE CHARACTER OF SOILS FROM THEIR NATIVE VEGETATION. UNITED STATES AT LARGE. EUROPE.29. CHAPTER XXVI. THE VEGETATION OF SALINE AND ALKALI LANDS.30. APPENDICES.31. INDEX.32. AUTHORS REFERRED TO.