Agricultural Geology
Author : Frederick Valentine Emerson
Publisher :
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Geology
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Author : Frederick Valentine Emerson
Publisher :
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Geology
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Author :
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release :
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ISBN : 9781001418810
Author : William K. Kedzie
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 32,5 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Geology
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Author : John Edward Marr
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,37 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Geology
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Author : Primrose McConnell
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,83 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Agriculture
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Author : John Edward Marr
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 15,30 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Geology, Agricultural
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Author : David R. Montgomery
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 14,41 MB
Release : 2007-05-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520933168
Dirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are—and have long been—using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil—as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.
Author : Frederick Valentine Emerson
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 37,98 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Agricultural chemistry
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Author : James Finlay Weir Johnston
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Page : 1148 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 1847
Category : Agricultural chemistry
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Author : Louisiana Geological Survey
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Geology
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