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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Contents: Preface. I. Preliminaries: 1. Soil physical measurement for land evaluation/K.J. Coughlan and N.J. McKenzie. 2. Field sampling/N.J. McKenzie and H.P. Cresswell. II. Pore space and water retention: 3. Bulk density and pore space relations/H.P. Cresswell and G.J. Hamilton. 4. The soil water characteristic/H.P. Cresswell. 5. Water repellence/D.J. Carter. III. Hydraulic conductivity: 6. Selecting a method for hydraulic conductivity/N.J. McKenzie and H.P. Cresswell. 7. The Twin-Ring Method for measuring saturated hydraulic conductivity and sorptivity in the field/F.J. Cook. 8. Field measurement of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity using tension infiltrometers/N.J. McKenzie, H.P. Cresswell and T.W. Green. 9. Field measurement of saturated hydraulic conductivity using the Well Permeameter/D.H. Mackenzie. 10. Laboratory measurement of hydraulic conductivity/N.J. McKenzie and H.P. Cresswell. 11. Using rainfall simulators to derive soil hydraulic parameters/R.D. Connolly, D.M. Silburn, S.G. Glanville and B.J. Bridge. IV. Water table depth: 12. Watertable depth and Piezometers/Z. Paydar and D.P. Richardson. V. Dispersion, aggregation and particle size analysis: 13. Emerson Dispersion Test/W.W. Emerson. 14. Clay dispersion/P. Rengasamy. 15. Measurement of size distributions of dry soil aggregates/J. Leys, W. Semple, M. Raupach, P. Findlater and G.J. Hamilton. 16. Non-dispersed particle size analysis/C.J. Rosewell. 17. Particle size analysis/G.M. Bowman and J. Hutka. VI. Soil shrinkage and Atterberg limits: 18. Soil shrinkage/D. McGarry. 19. Liquid and plastic limits/J.M. Kirby. VII. Soil strength: 20. Measurement of soil strength using Penetrometers/C.T. Hignett. 21. Modulus of rupture/H.R. Cochrane and L.A.G. Aylmore. VIII. Pedotransfer functions: 22. Estimating soil physical properties using more readily available data/N.J. McKenzie and H.P. Cresswell. IX. Applications: 23. Estimation of drainage flux below the root zone in the B Horizon of a Red Dermosol/H.P. Cresswell. 24. Integrating biophysical modelling and soil physical properties for quantitative land evaluation/M. Littleboy. 25. Soil water balance of three temperate pasture systems in Southern Australia/H.P. Cresswell, W.J. Bond, R.J. Simpson, Z. Paydar, S.G. Clark, A.D. Moore, D.J. Alcock, J.R. Donnelly, M. Freer, B.A. Keating, N.I. Huth and V.O. Snow. 26. Particle size and dispersion measurements in urban erosion risk assessment/J.D.M. Marsh. 27. Assessing site suitability for an effluent-irrigated plantation/W.J. Bond. 28. Estimation of the RUSLE Soil Erodibility Factor/C.J. Rosewell and R.J. Loch. 29. Estimation of the self-mulching characteristics of surface soils/C.D. Grant and K.J. Coughlan. "Soil physical measurements are essential for solving many natural resource management problems. This operational laboratory handbook provides, for the first time, a standard set of methods that are cost-effective and well suited to land resource survey. It provides: Practical guidelines on the soil physical measurements across a range of soils, climates and land uses. Straightforward descriptions for each method (including common pitfalls) that can be applied by people with a rudimentary knowledge of soil physics, and Guidelines on the interpretation of results and integration with land resource assessment. Soil Physical Measurement and Interpretation for Land Evaluation begins with an introduction to land evaluation and then outlines procedures for field sampling. Twenty detailed chapters cover pore space relations, water retention, hydraulic conductivity, water table depth, dispersion, aggregation, particle size, shrinkage, Atterberg limits and strength. The book includes procedures for estimating soil physical properties from more readily available data and shows how soil physical data can be integrated into land planning and management decisions.