5. Soil-Forming Processes

  1. S. W. Buol B.S., M.S., Ph.D.1,
  2. R. J. Southard B.S, M.S., Ph.D.2,
  3. R. C. Graham3,
  4. P. A. McDaniel B.S., M.S., Ph.D.4

Published Online: 5 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9780470960622.ch5

Book Title

Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition

Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition

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How to Cite

Buol, S. W., Southard, R. J., Graham, R. C. and McDaniel, P. A. (2011) Soil-Forming Processes, in Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470960622.ch5

Author Information

  1. 1

    North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

  2. 2

    University of California, Davis, USA

  3. 3

    University of California, Riverside, USA

  4. 4

    University of Idaho, Moscow, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 5 AUG 2011
  2. Published Print: 2 SEP 2011

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780813807690

Online ISBN: 9780470960622

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Keywords:

  • soil-forming processes - soils acquiring and maintaining, their characteristics and composition;
  • soils, being open systems - subjected to energy and substance dynamics;
  • geographic location, a major control - of average soil temperature and seasonal dynamics;
  • external features - modifying energy exchange reactions;
  • water exchange processes, like energy - water, instrumental in all biogeochemical reactions within the soil;
  • lateral redistribution of water - among soils on sloping land;
  • leaching, analogous to eluviation - by solution, connoting removal from the entire solum;
  • processes of soil formation - complexes of subprocesses and reactions;
  • horizonation processes - responsible for presence of identifiable horizons in soils;
  • haploidization processes – pedoturbation, process of mixing in the soil

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Conceptualizing the Environment of Soil Formation

  • Intrasolum Translocations and Transformations

  • Simplified Model of Solum Development

  • Perspective

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