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Mechanical Behaviour of Soils Under Environmentallly-Induced Cyclic Loads
Springer 2012; US$ 199.99Soils
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 88.00This is a comprehensive and accessible textbook on all aspects of soils. Replete with hundreds of high quality figures and a large glossary, the book will be invaluable for anyone studying soils, landforms and landscape change. It will also be an invaluable reference text for researchers. more...
Agronomic Handbook
CRC Press 2002; US$ 135.95Containing essential information on the culture of the world's major agronomic crops grown on a wide range of soil types, this handbook provides practical data on the management of crops, soil fertility management, and irrigation. more...
Soils for Fine Wines
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 109.99White (soil science, U. of Melbourne) provides basic information on soil properties and behaviors in the contexts of site selection for new vineyards, and demands placed on soils by wine production. The highly-technical reference focuses on the French concept of terroir , which can be interpreted as the interaction between soil and surrounding fact more...
Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance
Springer 2008; US$ 219.00A major threat to agricultural productivity worldwide is undoubtedly due to environments with stressful factors including drought, salinity, waterlogging, extreme temperatures, non-optimal levels of mineral nutrients etc. Based on contributions presented at the International Conference on Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance in November... more...
Sustainable Mineral Production
iSmithers Rapra Publishing 2009; US$ 360.00The industrial minerals sector is undergoing a transformation in its operational practices as it strives to achieve both economic and environmental sustainability. New practices, such as emissions and waste reduction, improvements in processing efficiency, and value-added production across key industry sectors are emerging as a result of societal and... more...
The Soils of Chile
Springer 2013; US$ 139.99This book is intended for students and soil scientists who want to know about the state of the art in soil sciences in Chile. The book merges a comprehensive bibliographical review of the soil surveys carried out throughout the length and breadth of Chilean territory during the past 40 years and more recent information obtained by the authors... more...
Empfehlungen des Arbeitsaussschusses "Ufereinfassungen"
Wiley 2013; US$ 103.95Die 11. Auflage "EAU 2012" berücksichtigt die kurz vor der bauaufsichtlichen Einführung stehende neue Normengeneration, bestehend aus Eurocode 7, zugehörigen nationalen Anwendungsdokumenten und ergänzenden nationalen Regelungen (DIN 1054:2010). In Einzelfällen werden Teilsicherheitsbeiwerte aufgrund von Praxiserfahrungen abweichend... more...
Soils, Land and Food
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 48.00A major challenge of the twenty-first century will be to ensure sufficient global food production to cope with the ever-increasing world population. Soils, Land and Food is aimed at undergraduates, graduates, agricultural scientists and policy makers and describes how technological approaches to soil management can increase and sustain food production. more...
Biological Approaches to Sustainable Soil Systems
CRC Press 2006; US$ 189.95This book integrates analysis of soil systems with the strategies and methods for creating sustainable soil systems to provide the most comprehensive reference available. More than 100 experts from 6 continents, representing a wide variety of disciplines, examine soil agents and processes, strategies and methods for sustainable soil systems, and related... more...









