Modelling Soil Development Under Global Change

Quantitative assessments of the effects of global change on soil development are mostly focused on soil carbon, some nutrients, pollutants and soil water. Soil however is a complex entity with interacting biological, physical and chemical processes that are rarely modelled in its entirety. Additiona...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finke, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Modelling Soil Development
  • 1. Why model soil development
  • 2. A brief history of modelling soil development
  • 3. Required process coverage in a soil development model
  • Part II. The Soilgen Model
  • 4. Philosophy behind SoilGen Processes in SoilGen
  • 5. Addressing constraints, variability and uncertainty
  • Part III. User Interface
  • 6. User interface of SoilGen