Environmental Soil Physics: Fundamentals, Applications, and Environmental Considerations

Environmental Soil Physics: Fundamentals, Applications, and Environmental Considerations

<i>Environmental Soil Physics</i><b> </b>is a completely updated and modified edition of the Daniel Hillels previous, successful books, <i>Introduction to Soil Physics and Fundamentals of Soil Physics</i><b>.</b> Hillel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, one of the true leaders in the field of environmental sciences. The new version includes a chapter and problems on computational techniques, addresses current environmental concerns and trends.<ul><li>Updates and expands the scope of Hillel's prior works, <i>Fundamentals of Soil Physics</i> (1980)and <i>Applications of Soil Physics</i> (1980)</li><li>Explores the wide range of interactions among the phases in the soil and the dynamic interconnections of the soil with the subterranean and atmospheric domains</li><li>Draws attention to historical and contemporary issues concerning the human management of soil and water resources</li><li>Directs readers toward solution of practical problems in terrestrial ecology, field-scale hydrology, agronomy, and civil engineering</li><li>Incorporates contributions by leading scientists in the areas of spatial variability, soil remediation, and the inclusion of land-surface processes in global climate models</li></ul>