Hydropedology : Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology

Hydropedology is a microcosm for what is happening in Soil Science. Once a staid discipline found in schools of agriculture devoted to increasing crop yield, soil science is transforming itself into an interdisciplinary mulch with great significance not only for food production but also climate change, ecology, preservation of natural resources, forestry, and carbon sequestration. Hydropedology brings together pedology (soil characteristics) with hydrology (movement of water) to understand and achieve the goals now associated with modern soil science. * The first book of its kind in the market * Highly interdisciplinary, involving new thinking and synergistic approaches * Stimulating case studies demonstrate the need for hydropedology in various practical applications * Future directions and new approaches are present to advance this emerging interdisciplinary science Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Pages ix-xi , Henry Lin Foreword , Pages xiii-xiv , Brent Clothier Chapter 1 - Hydropedology: Addressing Fundamentals and Building Bridges to Understand Complex Pedologic and Hydrologic Interactions , Pages 3-39 , Henry Lin Chapter 2 - Understanding Soil Architecture and Its Functional Manifestation across Scales , Pages 41-74 , Henry Lin Chapter 3 - Preferential Flow in a Pedological Perspective , Pages 75-120 , Nicholas J. Jarvis, Julien Moeys, John Koestel, John M. Hollis Chapter 4 - Preferential Flow Dynamics and Plant Rooting Systems , Pages 121-141 , Peter F. Germann, Benjamin Lange, Peter Lüscher Chapter 5 - Redoximorphic Features as Related to Soil Hydrology and Hydric Soils , Pages 143-172 , M.J. Vepraskas, D.L. Lindbo Chapter 6 - Subaqueous Soils: Pedogenesis, Mapping, and Applications , Pages 173-204 , M.C. Rabenhorst, M.H. Stolt Chapter 7 - Quantifying Processes Governing Soil-Mantled Hillslope Evolution , Pages 205-242 , Arjun M. Heimsath Chapter 8 - Thermodynamic Limits of the Critical Zone and their Relevance to Hydropedology , Pages 243-281 , Axel Kleidon, Erwin Zehe, Henry Lin Chapter 9 - Hydropedology in Caliche Soils Weathered from Glen Rose Limestone of Lower Cretaceous Age in Texas , Pages 285-327 , Larry P. Wilding, Maria M. Nobles, Bradford P. Wilcox, Charles M. Woodruff Jr., Henry Lin Chapter 10 - Hydropedology in Seasonally Dry Landscapes: The Palouse Region of the Pacific Northwest USA , Pages 329-350 , Erin S. Brooks, Jan Boll, Paul A. McDaniel Chapter 11 - Hydropedology of the North American Coastal Temperate Rainforest , Pages 351-380 , David V. D'Amore, Jason B. Fellman, Richard T. Edwards, Eran Hood, Chien-Lu Ping Chapter 12 - Hydropedology in the Ridge and Valley: Soil Moisture Patterns and Preferential Flow Dynamics in Two Contrasting Landscapes , Pages 381-411 , Ying Zhao, Jialiang Tang, Chris Graham, Qing Zhu, Ken Takagi, Henry Lin Chapter 13 - Geophysical Investigations of Soil–Landscape Architecture and Its Impacts on Subsurface Flow , Pages 413-447 , James Doolittle, Qing Zhu, Jun Zhang, Li Guo, Henry Lin Chapter 14 - Hydropedology, Geomorphology, and Groundwater Processes in Land Degradation: Case Studies in South West Victoria, Australia , Pages 449-481 , Richard MacEwan, Peter Dahlhaus, Jonathon Fawcett Chapter 15 - Hydropedology as a Powerful Tool for Environmental Policy and Regulations: Toward Sustainable Land Use, Management and Planning , Pages 483-512 , J. Bouma Chapter 16 - Soil Information in Hydrologic Models: Hard Data, Soft Data, and the Dialog between Experimentalists and Modelers , Pages 515-536 , Michael Rinderer, Jan Seibert Chapter 17 - Hydrological Classifications of Soils and their Use in Hydrological Modeling , Pages 537-557 , A. Lilly, S.M. Dunn, N.J. Baggaley Chapter 18 - Subsurface Flow Networks at the Hillslope Scale: Detection and Modeling , Pages 559-593 , Chris B. Graham, Henry Lin Chapter 19 - Hydrologic Information in Pedologic Models , Pages 595-636 , A. Samouëlian, P. Finke, Y. Goddéris, S. Cornu Chapter 20 - Modeling and Mapping Soil Spatial and Temporal Variability , Pages 637-664 , D.J. Mulla Chapter 21 - Digital Soil Mapping: Interactions with and Applications for Hydropedology , Pages 665-709 , J.A. Thompson, S. Roecker, S. Grunwald, P.R. Owens Chapter 22 - Coupling Biogeochemistry and Hydropedology to Advance Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling Science , Pages 711-735 , Michael J. Castellano, David Bruce Lewis, Danielle M. Andrews, Marshall D. McDaniel Chapter 23 - Coupling Ecohydrology and Hydropedology at Different Spatio-Temporal Scales in Water-Limited Ecosystems , Pages 737-758 , Xiao-Yan Li, Henry Lin, Delphis F. Levia Chapter 24 - Hydropedology: Summary and Outlook , Pages 759-781 , Henry Lin Index , Pages 783-800 Color Plates , Pages 1-44

Hydropedology is a microcosm for what is happening in Soil Science. Once a staid discipline found in schools of agriculture devoted to increasing crop yield, soil science is transforming itself into an interdisciplinary mulch with great significance not only for food production but also climate change, ecology, preservation of natural resources, forestry, and carbon sequestration. Hydropedology brings together pedology (soil characteristics) with hydrology (movement of water) to understand and achieve the goals now associated with modern soil science.

• The first book of its kind in the market
• Highly interdisciplinary, involving new thinking and synergistic approaches
• Stimulating case studies demonstrate the need for hydropedology in various practical applications
• Future directions and new approaches are present to advance this emerging interdisciplinary science

Groundwater is at the interface between the biotic and the abiotic worlds, and though water is usually included in studies of soil and soil is sometimes considered in studies of water, the goal here is to create a new branch of science founded on the interaction between the two. Scientists cover overviews and fundamentals; case studies and applications; and modeling, mapping, and coupling. The topics include soil architecture and its functional manifestation across scales, thermodynamic limits of the critical zone and their relevance to hydropedology, the hydropedology of the North American coastal temperate rainforest, detecting and modeling subsurface flow networks at the hillslope scale, and coupling biogeochemistry and hydropedology to advance carbon and nitrogen cycling science. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Hydropedology is a microcosm for what is happening in Soil Science. This title brings together pedology (soil characteristics) with hydrology (movement of water) to understand and achieve the goals associated with modern soil science. It includes case studies that demonstrate the need for hydropedology in various practical applications.