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Excerpt from Infiltration and Water Repellency in Granitic Soils The mechanisms involved in the formation of water-repellent soils are not well understood, partly because the hydrophobic compounds have not been identified. These compounds are formed and released from plants and plant residues by decomposition and pyrolysis. They may be formed in the soil by fungi and other microflora (bond and Harris 1964) or they may move into the soil after formation elsewhere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.