Soils of the Past: An introduction to paleopedology

Part 1 Soils and paleosols: paleopedology soils on and under the landscape features of fossil soils soil-forming processes indicators of physical, chemical and biological weathering soil classification mapping and naming paleosols alteration of paleosols after burial. Part 2 Factors in soil formation models of soil formation organisms topographic relief as a factor parent material as a factor time as a factor. Part 3 Fossil record of soils: a long-term natural experiment in pedogenesis soils of othr worlds earth's earliest landscapes early life on land large plants and animals on land afforestation of the land grasses in dry continental interiors human impact on landscapes.