Abstract: The formation of a soil from raw parent material (or a preexisting soil) defi nes soil genesis, or pedogenesis . The study of pedogenesis is called pedology . Amundson (1998) noted that during its formative period, pedology focused on observation of soil properties, so as to unravel the causes and processes that formed those soils. Wilding (1994: 16) provided perhaps the most complete defi nition of pedology, as
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-04-06
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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