A personal reading shelf · Soil science
Selected reading recommendations. Book descriptions are brief guides to their scope; links lead to publishers, library catalogues, or bibliographic records.
A broad textbook covering soil formation and classification, soil physical and chemical properties, soil water and air, temperature, soil fertility, and sustainable soil management.
Soil genesis · Soil properties · Soil management
View official book detailsA classic introduction to the physical principles governing soil, including its solid, liquid, and gaseous phases, soil water potential and flow, soil air, temperature, and heat transport.
Soil water · Soil air · Heat flow
View at ElsevierExplores soil physical processes in environmental systems, including interactions among soil phases and connections between soil, the subsurface, and the atmosphere.
Soil-atmosphere interactions · Hydrology
View at ElsevierA more concise, student-oriented introduction with illustrations and sample problems, linking soil physical principles to ecology, field hydrology, agronomy, and engineering.
Core principles · Applied soil physics
View at ScienceDirectAn extensive reference on soil physical, mechanical, and hydrological properties, with detailed treatment of soil structure, water retention and flow, evaporation, temperature, and aeration.
Water retention · Flow · Thermal processes
View at RoutledgeA detailed reference on soil composition and structure, soil-water relations, water movement, and the physical processes controlling the soil environment.
Soil-water relations · Measurement · Flow
View at Cambridge University PressA university-level textbook connecting soil physical properties with agriculture and the environment, including soil temperature, aeration, water flow, solute transport, and soil-plant-water relations.
Mass and energy transport · Soil-water-plant relations
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