Australian Soils And Landscapes

Author : Neil N. McKenzie,David D. Jacquier,Ray R.F. Isbell,Katharine K. Brown
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643104334

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Australian Soils and Landscapes by Neil N. McKenzie,David D. Jacquier,Ray R.F. Isbell,Katharine K. Brown Pdf

This essential reference provides an introduction to the remarkable soils and landscapes of Australia. It reveals their great diversity and explains why an understanding of soil properties and landscape processes should guide our use of the land. Using striking photographs of characteristic landscapes, it begins by describing the basic properties of soils and how Australia's distinctive soils and landscapes have co-evolved. We gain a greater understanding of why particular soils occur at certain locations and how soil variation can influence landscape processes, agricultural productivity and ecosystem function. The book explains the impact of various forms of land use and the changes they can bring about in soil. This is followed by an invaluable compendium that describes and illustrates over 100 of the more important and widespread soils of Australia, along with their associated landscapes. There is a brief account of each soil's environment, usage and qualities as well as details on chemical and physical properties so we can make more informed decisions about appropriate land-use. Australian Soils and Landscapes will be a valuable resource for farmers, natural resource managers, soil and environmental scientists, students and anyone with an interest in Australia's unique environment.

Author : Ann Rua Mackenzie Young,R. W. Young
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015055198660

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Soils in the Australian Landscape by Ann Rua Mackenzie Young,R. W. Young Pdf

Soils in the Australian Landscape provides a comprehensive and clearly explained discussion of Australian soils, with a focus on landform development of the continent, and on the land uses across it. Soils are the skin of landforms, and the book begins by reviewing the broad patterns and evolution of landforms in Australia. The distinctive landform and climatic history of Australia - together with the great age of most of the land surface - explains much of the variety of soils in Australia. This variety is described using the Australian Soil Classification, now adopted by all Australian governmental authorities. Special attention is given to regolith, paleosols, and indurated soils such as laterites and other duricrusts. While its focus is primarily on Australia, Soils in the Australian Landscape also explains processes and classification systems that are applicable world-wide, adopting a broad, interdisciplinary approach towards its subject. Founded on clear and detailed explanations of technical material, this book will be a valuable resource for all undergraduate students of geography, geoscience, environmental engineering, and agricultural, soil, and environmental sciences, as well as practising conservationists, land managers, and environmental engineers.

Author : Simon Leake,Elke Haege
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780643109650

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Soils for Landscape Development by Simon Leake,Elke Haege Pdf

Provides a clear, practical template for specifying landscape soils based on scientific criteria.

Author : National Committee on Soil and Terrain,
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643098619

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Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook by National Committee on Soil and Terrain, Pdf

The Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook specifies methods and terminology for soil and land surveys. It has been widely used throughout Australia, providing one reference set of definitions for the characterisation of landform, vegetation, land surface, soil and substrate. The book advocates that a comprehensive suite of land and soil attributes be recorded in a uniform manner. This approach is more useful than the allocation of land or soil to preconceived types or classes. The third edition includes revised chapters on location and vegetation as well as some new landform elements. These updates have been guided by the National Committee on Soil and Terrain, a steering committee comprising representatives from key federal, state and territory land resource assessment agencies. Essential reading for all professionals involved in land resource surveys, this book will also be of value to students and educators in soil science, geography, ecology, agriculture, forestry, resource management, planning, landscape architecture and engineering.

Author : G. G. Beckmann,George Dixon Hubble,C. H. Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Landforms
ISBN : 0643042512

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The Soil Landscapes of Brisbane and South-eastern Environs by G. G. Beckmann,George Dixon Hubble,C. H. Thompson Pdf

Strategic Cropping Land zone: Coastal, Local Government Area: Moreton Bay Regional.

Author : Allan Curtis,Anthony Jakeman,James McKee,Ted Lefroy
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643103566

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Landscape Logic by Allan Curtis,Anthony Jakeman,James McKee,Ted Lefroy Pdf

In 2005, researchers from four Australian universities and CSIRO joined forces with environmental managers from three state agencies and six regional catchment management authorities to answer the question: 'Can we detect the influence of public environmental programs on the condition of our natural resources?' This was prompted by a series of national audits of Australia's environmental programs that could find no evidence of public investment improving the condition of waterways, soils and native vegetation, despite major public programs investing more than $4.2 billion in environmental repair over the last 20 years. Landscape Logic describes how this collaboration of 42 researchers and environmental managers went about the research. It describes what they found and what they learned about the challenge of attributing cause to environmental change. While public programs had been responsible for increase in vegetation extent, there was less evidence for improvement in vegetation condition and water quality. In many cases critical levels of intervention had not been reached, interventions were not sufficiently mature to have had any measurable impact, monitoring had not been designed to match the spatial and temporal scales of the interventions, and interventions lacked sufficiently clear objectives and metrics to ever be detectable. In the process, however, new knowledge emerged on disturbance thresholds in river condition, diagnosing sources of pollution in river systems, and the application and uptake of state-and-transition and Bayesian network models to environmental management. The findings discussed in this book provide valuable messages for environmental managers, land managers, researchers and policy makers.

Author : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Division of Soils
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Grond
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032011509

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Soils, an Australian Viewpoint by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Division of Soils Pdf

Author : Philip Mulvey,Freya Mulvey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 187570356X

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Ground Breaking by Philip Mulvey,Freya Mulvey Pdf

Author : Assefa M. Melesse,Wossenu Abtew
Publisher : Springer
Page : 839 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319187877

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Landscape Dynamics, Soils and Hydrological Processes in Varied Climates by Assefa M. Melesse,Wossenu Abtew Pdf

The book presents the processes governing the dynamics of landscapes, soils and sediments, water and energy under different climatic regions using studies conducted in varied climatic zones including arid, semi-arid, humid and wet regions. The spatiotemporal availability of the processes and fluxes and their linkage to the environment, land, soil and water management are presented at various scales. Spatial scales including laboratory, field, watershed, river basin and regions are represented. The effect of tillage operations and land management on soil physical characteristics and soil moisture is discussed. The book has 35 chapters in seven sections: 1) Landscape and Land Cover Dynamics, 2) Rainfall-Runoff Processes, 3) Floods and Hydrological Processes 4) Groundwater Flow and Aquifer Management, 5) Sediment Dynamics and Soil Management, 6) Climate change impact on vegetation, sediment and water dynamics, and 7) Water and Watershed Management.

Author : NJ McKenzie,MJ Grundy,R Webster,AJ Ringrose-Voase
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643099050

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Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources by NJ McKenzie,MJ Grundy,R Webster,AJ Ringrose-Voase Pdf

Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources promotes the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia. These surveys are primarily field operations that aim to identify, describe, map and evaluate the various kinds of soil or land resources in specific areas. The advent of geographic information systems, global positioning systems, airborne gamma radiometric remote sensing, digital terrain analysis, simulation modelling, efficient statistical analysis and internet-based delivery of information has dramatically changed the scene in the past two decades. As successor to the Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbook: Guidelines for Conducting Surveys, this authoritative guide incorporates these new methods and techniques for supporting natural resource management. Soil and land resource surveyors, engineering and environmental consultants, commissioners of surveys and funding agencies will benefit from the practical information provided on how best to use the new technologies that have been developed, as will professionals in the spatial sciences such as geomorphology, ecology and hydrology.

Author : P. Bishop,B. Pillans,Brad Pillans
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Geomorphology
ISBN : 1862393141

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Australian Landscapes by P. Bishop,B. Pillans,Brad Pillans Pdf

Australian Landscapes provides an up-to-date statement on the geomorphology of Australia. Karst, desert, bedrock rivers, coasts, submarine geomorphology, biogeomorphology and tectonics are all covered, aided by the latest geochronological techniques and remote sensing approaches. The antiquity and enduring geomorphological stability of the Australian continent are emphasized in several chapters, but the cutting-edge techniques used to establish that stability also reveal much complexity, including areas of considerable recent tectonic activity and a wide range of rates of landscape change. Links to the biological sphere are explored, in relation both to the lengthy human presence on the continent and to a biota that resulted from Cenozoic aridification of the continent, dated using new techniques. New syntheses of glaciation in Tasmania, aridification in South Australia and aeolian activity all focus on Quaternary landscape evolution.

Author : Pam Hazelton,Brian Murphy
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781486314034

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Understanding Soils in Urban Environments by Pam Hazelton,Brian Murphy Pdf

With an ever-increasing proportion of the world’s population living in cities, soil properties such as salinity, acidity, water retention, erosion and pollution are becoming more significant in urban areas. While these are known issues for agriculture and forestry, as urban development increases, it is essential to recognise the potential of soil properties to create problems for the environment as well as structural concerns for buildings and other engineering works. Understanding Soils in Urban Environments explains how urban soils develop, change and erode. It describes their physical and chemical properties with a focus on specific soil problems that cause environmental damage, such as acid sulfate soils, and also affect the integrity of engineering structural works. This fully revised second edition addresses contemporary issues, including an increase in the use of green roofs and urban green space as well as manufactured soils in a variety of urban environments. Understanding Soils in Urban Environments provides a concise introduction to all aspects of soils in urban environments and will be extremely useful to students in a wide range of disciplines, from soil science and urban forestry and horticulture, to planning, engineering, construction and land remediation, as well as to engineers, builders, landscape architects, ecologists, planners and developers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080468071

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Digital Soil Mapping by Anonim Pdf

The book compiles the main ideas and methodologies that have been proposed and tested within these last fifteen years in the field of Digital Soil Mapping (DSM). Begining with current experiences of soil information system developments in various regions of the world, this volume presents states of the art of different topics covered by DSM: Conception and handling of soil databases, sampling methods, new soil spatial covariates, Quantitative spatial modelling, Quality assessment and representation of DSM outputs. This book provides a solid support to students, researchers and engineers interested in modernising soil survey approaches with numerical techniques. It is also of great interest for potential soil data users. * A new concept to meet the worldwide demand for spatial soil data * The first compilation of ideas and methodologies of Digital Soil Mapping * Offers a variety of specialities: soil surveying, geostatistics, data mining, fuzzy logic, remote sensing techniques, Geographical Information Science,...* Written by 82 researchers from 13 different countries

Author : John Samuel Russell,R. F. Isbell
Publisher : University of Queensland Press(Australia)
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UCAL:B5040948

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Australian Soils by John Samuel Russell,R. F. Isbell Pdf

Author : P. E. V. Charman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Land use
ISBN : CORNELL:31924063019628

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Soils, Their Properties and Management by P. E. V. Charman Pdf

Detailed soil resource handbook. Contains 23 chapters by various experts arranged in six sections including soils and soil degradation, soil classification and mapping, soils of New South Wales and their landscapes, and soil properties and soil conservation. Also contains a glossary of soil science terms.