Edited by
Georges Stoops, University of Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Vera Marcelino, University of Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Florias Mees, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
Description
Soil micromorphology deals with the microscopic study of undisturbed soil and regolith samples, making use especially of thin sections
and petrographic techniques. It exists as a discipline for almost 70 years. Micromorphology is used by pedologists, quaternary geologists,
sedimentologists, and since two decennia intensively by archaeologists. This book provides the state of art in the field of genetic interpretation
of micromorphological features, which is not restricted to the classic genetic soil horizons, but also covers processes of soil material
formation and weathering, and the results of human activities and regoliths in a wider sense.
Audience:
postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of pedogenesis, soil classification, quaternary geology, sedimentology and archaeology.
