Soil

Summary

This book is intended to provide the basic physical knowledge required to understand the processes involved in the sustainable use of the earth's land and water resources. Description of the physical science of soil and water processes is carried through to application at the watershed scale. Consideration of processes at this scale is necessary since this is the scale at which land-management decisions begin to be made and at which activities with environmental and water-quality implications occur.

The book is introductory in the sense that no prior knowledge of physics or calculus is assumed. Arithmetic and elementary algebra are used. No experience of computer-spreadsheet use is required of the reader, though the utility of such aids to calculation is illustrated on a few occasions. Though elementary in this sense, in some issues consideration is given to ideas at the frontier of research and understanding.

How theory can be applied to field data is illustrated using many examples...