The Soils Of India

Author : Bipin B. Mishra
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030310820

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The Soils of India by Bipin B. Mishra Pdf

This book provides an overview of the diversified soil regimes in India. In addition to the historical advances in soil research and its limitations, it describes the monitoring of various soil conditions and soil uses to improve productivity. Discussing topics such as climate, geology and geomorphology, major soil types and their classification, soil mineralogy and clays, soil micromorphology, soil biogeochemistry, benchmark soils, land evaluation and land use planning, soil health and fertility and soil resilience, the book highlights the multiple uses of soils in industry, human health care, mitigation of challenges due to climate change and construction. It also presents measures for a brighter future of soil science in India, such as imposing organic farming principles toward sustainable agriculture in the context of the second green revolution besides alleviating the poverty and providing the employment opportunities among the farming communities in India.

Author : Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000519914

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Geotechnical Characteristics of Soils and Rocks of India by Sanjay Kumar Shukla Pdf

This book presents mainly the geotechnical details of geomaterials (soils and rocks) found in all the 36 states and union territories of India. There are 37 chapters in this book. Chapter 1 provides an overview of geomaterials, focusing on their engineering properties as determined based on the project site investigations and laboratory/field tests; this will help readers understand the technical details explained throughout the book, with each chapter dealing with geomaterials of one state/union territory only. Each chapter, contributed by a team of authors, follows a common template with the following sections: introduction, major types of soils and rocks, properties of soils and rocks, use of soils and rocks as construction materials, foundation and other geotechnical structures, other geomaterials, natural hazards, case studies and field tests, geoenvironmental impact on soils and rocks, concluding remarks and references. All the chapters cover highly practical information and technical data for application in ground infrastructure projects, including foundations of structures (buildings, towers, tanks, machines and so on), highway, railway and airport pavements, embankments, retaining structures/walls, dams, reservoirs, canals and ponds, and landfills and tunnels. These details are also highly useful for professionals dealing with mining, oil and gas projects and agricultural and aquacultural engineering projects. Although this book covers the Indian ground characteristics, the information provided can be helpful in some suitable forms to the professionals of other countries having similar ground conditions and applications.

Author : D.K. Pal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319494395

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A Treatise of Indian and Tropical Soils by D.K. Pal Pdf

This book discusses how to apply the basic principles of pedology to the tropical soils of the Indian subcontinent, with an emphasis on ways to enhance crop productivity. The book showcases the research contributions on pedology, geomorphology, mineralogy, micromorphology and climate change collected from the literature on three major soil types: shrink-swell soils, red ferruginous (RF) soils and the soils that occur in the tropical environments of the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP). It also provides insights into several aspects of five pedogenetically important soil orders like Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols, Vertisols and Inceptisols found in tropical Indian environments. Documenting the significance of minerals in soils and their overall influence in soil science in terms of pedology, paleopedology, polygenesis and edaphology, it provides a knowledge base that is critical when attempting to bridge the gap between food production and population growth.

Author : D. K. Pal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319895994

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Simple Methods to Study Pedology and Edaphology of Indian Tropical Soils by D. K. Pal Pdf

This book discusses how research efforts have established an organic link between pedology and edaphology of five pedogenetically important soil orders as Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols, Vertisols and Inceptisols of tropical Indian environments. The book highlights how this new knowledge was gained when research efforts were complemented by high resolution mineralogical, micro morphological and age-control tools. This advancement in basic and fundamental knowledge on Indian tropical soils makes it possible to develop several index soil properties as simple methods to study their pedology and edaphology. More than one-third of the world’s soils are tropical soils. Thus the recent advances in developing simple and ingenuous methods to study pedology and edaphology of Indian tropical soils may also be adopted by both graduate students and young soil researchers to aid in the development of a national soil information system to enhance crop productivity and maintain soil health in the 21st century.

Author : Sanjay Arora,Atul K. Singh,Y.P. Singh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319482576

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Bioremediation of Salt Affected Soils: An Indian Perspective by Sanjay Arora,Atul K. Singh,Y.P. Singh Pdf

This edited volume focuses on the characterization, reclamation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of salt affected soils and waterlogged sodic soils. Innovative technologies in managing marginal salt affected lands merit immediate attention in the light of climate change and its impact on crop productivity and environment. The decision-making process related to reclamation and management of vast areas of salt affected soils encompasses consideration of economic viability, environmental sustainability, and social acceptability of different approaches. The chapters in this book highlight the significant environmental and social impacts of different ameliorative techniques used to manage salt affected soils. Readers will discover new knowledge on the distribution, reactions, changes in bio-chemical properties and microbial ecology of salt affected soils through case studies exploring Indian soils. The contributions presented by experts shed new light on techniques such as the restoration of degraded lands by growing halophyte plant species, diversification of crops and introduction of microbes for remediation of salt infested soils, and the use of fluorescent pseudomonads for enhancing crop yields.

Author : David R. Montgomery
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520933163

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Dirt by David R. Montgomery Pdf

Dirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are—and have long been—using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil—as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.

Author : Roshan Babu Ojha,Dinesh Panday
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030809997

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The Soils of Nepal by Roshan Babu Ojha,Dinesh Panday Pdf

This book publishes consolidated information on the soils of Nepal from all possible sources. The Survey Department, Government of Nepal, conducted two national scale soil survey projects to classify soils of Nepal (Land Resource Mapping Project ended in 1985, and National Land Use Planning Project ended in 2021). Both projects adopted the United States Department of Agriculture system of soil classification. Besides, National Soil Science Research Center (previously known as Soil Science Division) of Nepal Agricultural Research Council and Soil Management Directorate, Department of Agriculture, also worked on soils of Nepal. To date, the information on the soils of Nepal is not published in well-documented form but has been reported widely as gray literature (project report or government report) or peer-review articles. 'The Soils of Nepal’ is a part of ‘World Soils Book Series’ which constitutes twelve chapters—covering broad aspects such as soil research history, climate, geology, soil classification and mapping, and soil fertility. Furthermore, information about soil properties and relation between soil constituents of the dominant soil types of Nepal and their scope of use in the context of land use are described. This book also tries to simplify the intricate relationship among soil, culture, and people. Each chapter contains a comprehensive, richly illustrated, and up-to-date overview of the soils of Nepal. We believe it fulfils a quest for a global audience including students, educators, extension workers, and soil scientists, who are interested to know the young soils of Nepal.

Author : A. K. Maji,G. P. Obi Reddy,Dipak Sarkar,Indian Council of Agricultural Research. National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Acid soils
ISBN : 8189043242

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Acid Soils of India by A. K. Maji,G. P. Obi Reddy,Dipak Sarkar,Indian Council of Agricultural Research. National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning Pdf

Author : Edward R. Landa,Christian Feller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789048129607

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Soil and Culture by Edward R. Landa,Christian Feller Pdf

SOIL: beneath our feet / food and fiber / ashes to ashes, dust to dust / dirt!Soil has been called the final frontier of environmental research. The critical role of soil in biogeochemical processes is tied to its properties and place—porous, structured, and spatially variable, it serves as a conduit, buffer, and transformer of water, solutes and gases. Yet what is complex, life-giving, and sacred to some, is ordinary, even ugly, to others. This is the enigma that is soil. Soil and Culture explores the perception of soil in ancient, traditional, and modern societies. It looks at the visual arts (painting, textiles, sculpture, architecture, film, comics and stamps), prose & poetry, religion, philosophy, anthropology, archaeology, wine production, health & diet, and disease & warfare. Soil and Culture explores high culture and popular culture—from the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch to the films of Steve McQueen. It looks at ancient societies and contemporary artists. Contributors from a variety of disciplines delve into the mind of Carl Jung and the bellies of soil eaters, and explore Chinese paintings, African mud cloths, Mayan rituals, Japanese films, French comic strips, and Russian poetry.

Author : M.S. Mani
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 809 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401023313

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Ecology and Biogeography in India by M.S. Mani Pdf

This book describes the outstanding features of the ecology and bio geography of the Indian region, comprising former British India, Nepal, Bhutan, Ceylon and Burma. It summarizes the results of nearly four decades' studies and field explorations and discussions with students on the distribution of plants and animals, practically throughout this vast area and on the underlying factors. A number of specialists in geology, meteorology, botany, zoology, ecology and anthropology have also actively collaborated with me and have contributed valuable chapters in their respective fields. India has an exceptionally rich and highly diversified flora and fauna, exhibiting complex composition, character and affinities. Although the fauna of the Indian region as a whole is less completely known than its flora, we are nevertheless fairly well acquainted with at least the salient features of its faunal characters to enable us to present a meaningful discussion on some of the outstanding peculiarities of the biogeography of India. A general synthesis of the available, though much scattered, information should prove useful to future students of biogeography throughout the world.

Author : Sohan Lal,S. B. Deshpande,J. L. Sehgal
Publisher : National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015056908380

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Soil Series of India by Sohan Lal,S. B. Deshpande,J. L. Sehgal Pdf

Author : John Gerrard
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015010195843

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Alluvial Soils by John Gerrard Pdf

Author : T. D. Biswas,S.K. Mukherjee
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Soil science
ISBN : 0074620436

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Textbook of Soil Sciences by T. D. Biswas,S.K. Mukherjee Pdf

Author : M M Rai
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02
Category : Soil science
ISBN : 033393475X

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Principles of Soil Science by M M Rai Pdf

Brief yet thorough, this book provides an introduction to the concepts and theories of soil science. It explains in the simplest manner, the principles of soil formation, properties of soils, interrelationship between soil water, soil air, soil temperatur

Author : A.K. Kolay
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Land capability for agriculture
ISBN : 8126908033

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Soil Genesis, Classification Survey and Evaluation by A.K. Kolay Pdf

Soil Genesis That Studies The Evolution Of Soils And The Changes Taking Place In Soil Bodies Has Received Increasing Interest And Attention In The Twentieth Century, And This Yet Continues. Despite The Fact That The Indian Soil Scientists Have Made Much Investigation Into The Subject Of Soil Genesis, Classification, Survey And Evaluation, There Are Very Few Books That Provide Ample Instructional Material Relevant To Situation In India. The Present Book Is Primarily Focused On The Study Of Geological Conditions Of India. Briefly Outlining The Fundamental Concepts Of Soil Genesis And Acquainting The Readers With Rich Minerals Present Under The Soil, The Book Provides A Detailed Study Of The Factors And Processes Of Soil Formation, Including Description And Interpretation Of The Soil Profile And Patterns Of Soils Occurring On The Surface Of The Earth. Furthermore, It Lays Down The Purpose And The Historical As Well As Modern Basis Of Classification Of Soils In Different Countries Across The World. It Particularly Provides An In-Depth Study Of Soils Prevalent In The Varied States Of India In Addition To The Assessment Of Productivity Of Bench Mark Soils Of The Country. The Book Also Covers Significant Areas Like Remote Sensing, Soil Survey, Land Use, Land Capability Classification, Land Irrigability Classification, Land Evaluation, Land Use Planning And Cartography. Considerable Authentic Information Has Been Drawn From The Works Of Indian Soil Scientists In These Disciplines Which Has Necessarily Added To The Value Of The Book.Designed As A Textbook, Its Approach To The Subject Is Reader-Friendly. Its Simple Language And Lucid Style Make It Accessible Even To Average Students. It Is Hoped That The Book Will Prove Immensely Useful And Informative To Students And Teachers Of Geology As Well As Soil Surveyors.