The soils of Slovenia
As well as presenting a range of new research, this wide-ranging overview of the soils of Slovenia summarizes previous work, covering everything from the geomorphology of the EU nation's soils to land use, fertility, and the potential impact of local industry.
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| Main Authors | , , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Dordrecht, Netherlands :
Springer,
2017.
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| Series | World soils book series.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9789401785853 9789401785846 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxvi, 216 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 About Soils in Slovenia; 1.2 About the Soil Research History ; 1.2.1 Early Soil Surveying and Mapping; 1.2.1.1 Before 2000; 1.2.1.2 After 2000; 1.2.2 Soil Research Institutions; 1.2.2.1 National Institutes; 1.2.2.2 Universities-Teaching and Research Institutions; 1.2.2.3 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME); 1.2.3 Websites; 2 Regions and Landscapes; Abstract; 2.1 Slovenia-Country Information; 2.1.1 Basic Country Data; 2.1.2 The Geographical Position.
- 2.2 The Regions and Landscapes2.2.1 The Alpine Region; 2.2.2 The Pre-Alpine Region; 2.2.3 The Karstic-Dinaric Region; 2.2.4 The Sub-Pannonian Region; 2.2.5 The Sub-Mediterranean Region; 3 Factors of Soil Formation; Abstract; 3.1 Factors of Soil Formation; 3.1.1 Parent Material; 3.1.1.1 Geological Units and Frequent Parent Material; 3.1.2 Topography; 3.1.2.1 Landforms; 3.1.2.2 Morphometric Characteristics of Slovene Topography; 3.1.3 Climate; 3.1.3.1 Solar Radiation; 3.1.3.2 Temperatures and Altitude Belts; 3.1.3.3 Precipitation; 3.1.3.4 The Winds; 3.1.4 Hydrology; 3.1.4.1 Water Balance.
- 3.1.4.2 Surface Inland Waters3.1.4.3 Underground Waters and Wetlands; 3.1.4.4 Soil Water and Topography; 3.1.5 Vegetation; 3.1.5.1 Forest Vegetation and Soils Under Forests; 3.1.5.2 Alpine Eco-Region (1); 3.1.5.3 Soils Under Forests; 3.1.5.4 Pohorje Eco-Region (2); Soil Under Forests; 3.1.5.5 Pre-Pannonian Eco-Region (3); Soils Under Forests; 3.1.5.6 Pre-Alpine Eco-Region(4); Soils Under Forests; 3.1.5.7 Pre-Dinaric Eco-Region (5); 3.1.5.8 Dinaric Eco-Region (6); Soils Under Forests; 3.1.5.9 Sub-mediterranean Region(7); Soils Under Forests; 3.1.5.10 Nonforest Vegetation.
- Natural Nonforest VegetationSecondary Nonforest Vegetation; 3.1.6 Land Use and Land Cover; 3.1.7 Time; 4 Slovenian Soil Classification and WRB; Abstract; 4.1 The Slovenian Soil Classification; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 The Slovenian Soil Classification; 4.1.3 A Brief Description of Soil Horizons; 4.1.3.1 The Main Soil Horizons and Sub-horizons Used in the Slovenian Soil Classification; Organic Horizons; Humus-Accumulative Horizons; Cambic Horizons; Eluvial and Illuvial Horizons; Hydromorphic Horizons; Horizons of the Parent Material; 4.1.3.2 Frequently Used Qualifiers for Horizon Properties.
- 4.1.4 The Main Soil Types4.1.4.1 Division 1: Automorphic Soils; 4.1.4.2 Division 2: Hydromorphic Soils; 4.1.5 A Brief Comparison of the Slovene Soil Classification to the WRB; 4.1.5.1 Lithosols; 4.1.5.2 Regosols; 4.1.5.3 Colluvial-Deluvial Soils; 4.1.5.4 Rendzinas; 4.1.5.5 Ranker; 4.1.5.6 Eutric Brown Soils; 4.1.5.7 Dystric Brown Soils; 4.1.5.8 Kalkocambisol; 4.1.5.9 Jerina/Terra Rossa; 4.1.5.10 Luvisols; 4.1.5.11 Podzols; 4.1.5.12 Brown Podzolized Soils; 4.1.5.13 Rigosols; 4.1.5.14 Deposols; 4.1.5.15 Undeveloped Fluvisols; 4.1.5.16 Fluvisols; 4.1.5.17 Pseudogleys; 4.1.5.18 Gleys.