Table of Contents

1. The Soils Around Us

2. Formation of Soils from Parent Materials

3. Soil Classification

4. Soil Architecture and Physical Properties

5. Soil Water: Characteristics and Behavior

6. Soil and Hydrologic Cycle

7. Soil Air and Temperature

8. Soil Colloids: Seat of Chemical and Physical Activity

9. Soil Acidity, Alkalinity and Salinity

10. Organisms and Ecology of the Soil

11. Soil Organic Matter

12. Nutrient Cycles and Soil Fertility

13. Practical Nutrient Management

14. Soil Erosion and Its Control

15. Soil Quality and Pollution

Post Matter