The soils of Serbia

This book offers a detailed survey of the physical, chemical and biological properties of the soils of Serbia, and their their geomorphological forms, as well as information on human-induced soil degradation due to erosion and contamination, and more.

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Main Authors Pavlović, Pavle (Author), Kostić, Nikola (Author), Karadžić, Branko (Author), Mitrović, Miroslava (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, 2017.
SeriesWorld soils book series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789401786607
9789401786591
Physical Description1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; 1 Introduction; 1.1 General Information Regarding Serbia; 1.1.1 Geographic Position; 1.1.2 Topography; 1.1.3 Hydrology; 1.1.4 Soil; 1.2 A Short History of Soil Science and Soil Survey; References; 2 Soils as Natural Resources; 2.1 Soil Types and Their Production Value; 2.2 Soil Under Agriculture; References; 3 Climate; 3.1 Temperature; 3.2 Precipitation; References; 4 Vegetation; 4.1 Forest Vegetation; 4.2 Scrub Vegetation; 4.3 Herbaceous Vegetation; References; 5 Geology; 5.1 Geomorphology; 5.1.1 Dinarides; 5.1.2 Vardar Zone.
  • 5.1.3 Serbian Massif5.1.4 Carpatho-Balkanides; 5.1.5 Pannonian Basin; 5.2 Lithology; 5.2.1 The Pannonian Basin and Peripannonian Rim Region; 5.2.2 The Mountainous Region; 5.3 Soil Mineralogy; References; 6 Soil Classification; 6.1 A Historical Overview of Soil Classification; 6.2 Soil Map Research; 6.3 Actual Soil Classification; 6.3.1 Definitions and Labelling of Genetic Soil Horizons; 6.3.2 Soil Classification; References; 7 Order of Automorphic Soils; 7.1 Class I: Undeveloped Soils with (A)-C or (A)-R Soil Horizon Sequence; 7.1.1 Lithosol; 7.1.2 Regosol; 7.1.3 Arenosol.
  • 7.1.4 Colluvial Soils (Colluvium)7.2 Class II: Humus-Accumulative Soils with A-C, A-R or A-C-R Soil Horizon Sequence; 7.2.1 Ranker; 7.2.2 Rendzina; 7.2.3 Chernozem; 7.2.4 Vertisol; 7.2.5 Kalkomelanosol (Limestone-Dolomite Black Soil); 7.3 Class III: Cambic Soils with A-(B)-C or A-(B)-R Soil Horizon Sequence; 7.3.1 Eutric Cambisol; 7.3.2 Dystric Cambisol; 7.3.3 Kalkocambisol (Brown Soil on Limestone and Dolomite); 7.3.4 Red Soil (Terra rossa); 7.4 Class IV: Eluvial-Illuvial Soils of A-E-Bt-C or A-E-Bt-R Soil Horizon Sequence; 7.4.1 Luvisol (Luvic Soil); 7.4.2 Podzol.
  • 7.4.3 Brown Podzolic Soil (Brunipodzol)7.5 Class V: Anthropogenic Soils with P-C Soil Horizon Sequence; 7.5.1 Rigosol; 7.5.2 Hortisol; 7.6 Class VI: Technogenic Soils (Technosols); 7.6.1 Soil of Disposal Sites (Deposol); 7.6.1.1 Flotation Material, Deposits from Waste Water (Flotisol); 7.6.1.2 Atmospheric Deposition-Aeroprecipitates; Andosol; References; 8 Order of Hydromorphic Soils; 8.1 Class I: Soils with Stagnation of Rainwater with A-Eg-Bg-C Soil Horizon Sequence; 8.1.1 Pseudogley; 8.2 Class II: Initial Hydromorphic Soils with I-II-III-IV ..., or (A)-G, or (A)-C Horizon Sequence.
  • 8.2.1 Fluvial or Alluvial (Fluvisol)8.3 Class III: Semi-gleyic Soils with A-C-G Soil Horizon Sequence; 8.3.1 Fluvial Meadow (Humofluvisol); 8.4 Class IV: Hypogleyic Soils with A-G Soil Horizon Sequence; 8.4.1 Wetland Black Soil (Humogley); 8.4.2 Wetland gley (Eugley); 8.5 Class V: Peat Soils with T-G Soil Horizon Sequence; 8.5.1 Low Moor Peat (Planohistosol); 8.5.2 High Moor Peat (Acrohistosol); 8.5.3 Transient Peat (Plano-Acrohistosol); 8.6 Class VI: Anthropogenic Soils with P-G Horizon Soil Sequence; 8.6.1 Rigosol; 8.6.2 Hydroameliorated Soil; References.