In the vast areas of tropical and subtropical regions there is a category of widely distributed, highly weathered soils known as "Red Earths," also referred to as Ferralsols, Acrisols, Oxisols, Ultisols, Latosols, Lateritic Soils, Krasnozems, Ferrisols, and Ferrallitic Soils. Because of the abundant rainfall and high temperature, this type of soil is considered one of the most important agricul…
This book is intended for use by scientists and engineers in their research or in their professional practice, and for use as a textbook in one-semester or onequarter courses on soil chemistry or biogeochemistry. A background in basic soil science as found, for example, in Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Soil Science by R. E. White, Soils by William Dubbin, or Soils: Genesis …
For the past 18 years I have been involved in educating undergraduate and graduate students in the field of soil-water chemistry. Early in my teaching/research career, students in the college of agriculture in the field of soils had primarily a farming background. With the passing of time, however, the number of such students declined dramatically and most universities and colleges across t…