Nature & properties of soils (PIE) (14^th Ed.)

1The Soils Around Us

1.1 Functions of Soils in Our Ecosystem

1.2 Medium for Plant Growth

1.3 Regulator of Water Supplies

1.4 Recycler of Raw Materials

1.5 Habitat for Soil Organisms

1.6 Engineering Medium

1.7 Pedosphere as Environmental Interface

1.8 Soil as a Natural Body

1.9 The Soil Profile and Its Layers (Horizons)

1.10 Topsoil and Subsoil

1.11 Soil: The Interface of Air, Minerals, Water, and...