Interpreting Soil Test Results: What Do All the Numbers Mean?Pam Hazelton, Brian Murphy Interpreting Soil Test Results is a practical reference for those who need to interpret results from laboratory analysis of soil. It has a comprehensive listing of the soil properties relevant to most environmental and natural land resource issues and investigations. The precursor to this book, What Do All the Numbers Mean?, known as The Numbers Book, was widely used and accepted for interpreting soil test results. This new edition has been completely updated and many sections have been expanded, particularly those on acid sulfate soils and soil salinity. It is a handy and straightforward guide to interpretation of the numbers associated with a wide range of soil tests. |
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Interpreting Soil Test Results: What Do All the Numbers Mean? Pamela Anne Hazelton,B. W. Murphy No preview available - 2007 |
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1:5 soil/water extract Abbott acid sulfate soils Agriculture air porosity ANZECC areas ARMCANZ Australian average biosolids bulk density calcium cation cation exchange capacity Charman Class compaction crops depth Dermosols dispersion percentage dS/m earthworks Emerson aggregate erosion hazard etal factors fertiliser field capacity Geeves gravels guidelines gypsum heavy metals hydraulic conductivity infiltration interpretation irrigation Key references land levels lime manganese materials McKenzie measured medium mg/L mm/h moderate moisture content Murphy nitrate nitrogen nutrient organic matter particle pasture permeable phosphate phosphorus plant growth plasticity porosity potassium potential recommendations regolith runoff salinity salt samples sandy loam saturated seawater silt silty clay slopes sodic sodium soil carbon Soil Classification soil erodibility soil pH soil physical soil strength soil structure soil test soil texture Source surface susceptible t/ha Table texture tunnelling Unified Soil Classification unsuitable USCS values wetting wind erosion