Soil Structure and Fabric

By R Brewer, JR Sleeman
Soil Structure and Fabric
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Soil Structure and Fabric sets out a method of describing the structure and fabric of soils that proceeds consistently from macroscopic descriptions in the field to descriptions from standard thin sections as viewed with a light microscope. Most of the book is devoted to the description and classification of the microscopic characteristics of soils.

  1. Page vii
    Preface
  2. Page 1
    Introduction
  3. Page 3
    Classification of Soil Structures and Fabrics
    1. Page 5
      1. Framework for description
      1. Page 5
        The constituents of soils
      2. Page 7
        Structure, fabric and texture
      3. Page 9
        Soma
    2. Page 10
      2. Physical, boundary and void structures
      1. Page 10
        Physical structures
      2. Page 11
        Boundary structures
      3. Page 11
        Void structures
    3. Page 12
      3. Physical and distribution fabrics — major classes
      1. Page 12
        Basis of description
      2. Page 13
        Continua based on physical fabrics
      3. Page 15
        Continua based on poric distribution fabrics
      4. Page 16
        Agglomeric fabric
      5. Page 16
        The enaulic continua
      6. Page 17
        The aporic fabrics
      7. Page 18
        Graqe of fabric
      8. Page 19
        Specific varieties
    4. Page 20
      4. Physical and distribution fabrics — complex fabrics
      1. Page 20
        Dimatric fabrics
      2. Page 20
        Mixed fabrics
      3. Page 21
        Separated fabrics
      4. Page 21
        Banded arrangements
    5. Page 24
      5. Crystic fabrics
      1. Page 24
        Primary crystic fabrics
      2. Page 25
        Secondary crystic fabrics
    6. Page 26
      6. Orientation fabrics
      1. Page 26
        Orientation fabrics of clay-sizemineral grains
      2. Page 29
        Orientation fabrics of grains larger than clay-size
    7. Page 30
      7. Associated structures
      1. Page 30
        Glaebules and related structures
      2. Page 32
        Cutans and related structures
      3. Page 34
        Pedotubules
      4. Page 35
        Miscellaneous associated structures
  4. Page 37
    Systematic Nomenclature
    1. Page 39
      8. The qualifiers
      1. Page 39
        Introduction
      2. Page 39
        Qualifiers for internal characteristics
      3. Page 41
        Qualifiers for external characteristics
    2. Page 43
      9. Systematic nomenclature of fabrics
      1. Page 43
        Physical fabrics
      2. Page 43
        Poric distribution fabrics
      3. Page 44
        Aporic fabrics
      4. Page 44
        S–matrices
      5. Page 45
        Intergrade fabrics
      6. Page 45
        Dimatric fabrics
      7. Page 45
        Mixed, separated and banded fabrics
      8. Page 46
        Crystic fabrics
      9. Page 47
        Orientation fabrics
    3. Page 48
      10. Systematic nomenclature of associated structures
      1. Page 48
        The general system of nomenclature
      2. Page 48
        Glaebules and related structures
      3. Page 49
        Cutans and related structures
      4. Page 50
        Pedotubules
      5. Page 51
        Miscellaneous associated structures
  5. Page 53
    Application to Soil Profiles
    1. Page 55
      11. Progressived escription
      1. Page 55
        Field description and sampling
      2. Page 56
        Description from thin sections
    2. Page 59
      12. Petrographic description of soils
      1. Page 60
        Classification of soil materials
      2. Page 61
        Boundary conditions between somas
      3. Page 61
        Profile descriptions
  6. Page 63
    Tables and Schedules for Description and Classification of Structures, Fabrics, Somas and Soil Profiles
    1. Page 65
      List of Tables
    2. Page 95
      List of Schedules
  7. Page 109
    Plates depicting Structures, Fabrics and Somas
    1. Page 111
      Guide to Plates and relevant Tables
  8. Page 152
    Appendices
  9. Page 152
    Structure, fabric and texture
  10. Page 144
    Peds, structural elements and physical fabric elements
  11. Page 144
    Fabric varieties with specific names
  12. Page 148
    Optical observations on thin sections
  13. Page 159
    References
  14. Page 161
    Index

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