Offers a unique compendium that gathers all available and relevant information on the soils of Turkey

Includes soil survey studies conducted in Turkey by universities and governmental institutes from the early 1950s until today

Explains soil science, micromorphology, pedoarcheology, and soil ecology

Describes earth sciences, geology, geoarcheology, and weathering

Covers topics such as geography, quaternary sciences, and hydrology

Enriches readers' understanding of biology and plant nutrition as well as agriculture and forestry

Inhalt
Historical Perspective of Soil Science Research in Turkey.- Geology.- Vegetation.- Climate.- Impacts of Climate Change on Soil Resources.- Pedogeomorphology.- Introduction to Soils.- Cambisols/Cambisols-Leptosols.- Fluvisols.- Calcisols/Calcisols-Leptosols.- Vertisols.- Alisols-Acrisols-Podzols.- Kastanozems.