Year: 1996
Type: book
Abstract: The present manual contains most of the standard analytical methods that are used at the Department of Soil Science and Geology of the Wageningen Agricultural University.Since the first version of the manual by L.Th.Begheijn, in 1982, which contained soil analyses alone, and even since the more recent (1993) versions of Soil Analyses and Water Analyses by, respectively, B. van Lagen and E.J. Velthorst, many procedures have been updated.The decision to have this edition published commercially is due to the fact that we receive many requests for the earlier manuals, and even request for permission to publish locally, in other countries.In this updated version, we have striven for a more complete coverage of the various analytical methods and pretreatments used in our Department.Therefore, this book contains, in addition to procedures for chemical soil and water analysis, also procedures for grain-size determination, separation of light and heavy minerals, separation of clay fractions, pretreatments for X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, and pretreatment for grain-size determination by laser-diffraction.Furthermore, we have added a chapter on the various uses of the measured properties, with an emphasis on soil formation and classification.Various authors have contributed to these sections.In addition to those credited as authors, we want to thank Mrs. N. Nakken-Brameijer and Mr. F. Lettink for their contributions to the revisions.Because many of the texts in this book are new, they can be improved.
Authors: P. Buurman, Barend van Lagen, E.J. Velthorst
Language: English
Subfield: Water Science and Technology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2149549273