Overview chapter on factors of soil formation

Bäumler R, Oliver MA, Stockmann U (2023)

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2023

Publisher: Academic Press

Edited Volumes: Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment

Book Volume: 4

Pages Range: 7-13

ISBN: 9780323951333

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00236-6

Abstract

Dokuchaev first introduced formally the concept of factors of soil formation, which act and interact at different spatial and temporal scales. This chapter provides an overview of these factors, which is followed by chapters on most of the specific factors. Climate has a major effect on soil formation because it affects the weathering of rocks and the mineral soil, and vegetation and organisms, which play a major role in changing rocks and sediments to soil. Parent material underpins soil particle-size distribution, chemistry and physics. Relief affects soil hydrology and human use of the soil. Finally, human influence on soil formation has now been recognized as a factor.

Authors with CRIS profile

Rupert Bäumler Professur für Geographie

Involved external institutions

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) AU Australia (AU) University of Reading GB United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Bäumler, R., Oliver, M.A., & Stockmann, U. (2023). Overview chapter on factors of soil formation. In Michael J. Goss, Margaret Oliver (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. (pp. 7-13). Academic Press.

MLA:

Bäumler, Rupert, Margaret A Oliver, and Uta Stockmann. "Overview chapter on factors of soil formation." Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. Ed. Michael J. Goss, Margaret Oliver, Academic Press, 2023. 7-13.

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