Highly illustrated book describing the fascinating and unique characteristics and distribution of Ecuadorian soils

Written by experts in the field of soil science

The first book to comprehensively discuss the soils of Ecuador

Inhalt
Introduction.- Soils of the Tropical Coastal Plain.- Soils from the great tabular cone totally covered with volcanic ash.- Soils from the great tabular cone of Santo Domingo.- Soils from the western Andean Piedmont.- Soils from the ChongónColonche mountain range.- Soils of the Andean Highlands.- Soils from the northern Andean highlands.- Soils from the central Andean highlands.- Soils from the southern Andean highlands.- Soils of the Amazonian region.- Soils from the sub-Andean reliefs.- Soils of Galapagos Islands.- Soils from the Santa Cruz Island.