Main Title |
Soil degradation in the United States : extent, severity, and trends / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Lewis Publishers, |
Year Published |
2004 |
OCLC Number |
52341493 |
ISBN |
1566705347; 9781566705349 |
Subjects |
Soil degradation--United States ;
Bodenabbau ;
Bodenerosion ;
USA
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJAM |
S624.A1S63 2004 |
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Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
01/23/2004 |
EJBM |
S624.A1.S63 2004 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
03/02/2020 |
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Collation |
204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents Notes |
SECTION I: BASIC PROCESSES: Soil degradation -- Global extent of soil degradation and desertification -- Land use in the U.S. -- Soil degradation category indicators: methodology -- SECTION II: WATER AND WIND EROSION: Soil erosion by water from croplands -- Soil erosion by water from grazing, CRP, and minor lands -- Wind erosion on private lands in the U.S. -- Water and wind erosion on U.S. croplands -- Total erosion, wind erosion, and erosion on pasture and CRP lands -- SECTION III: OTHER FORMS OF DEGRADATION: Desertification -- Salinization -- Soil degradation by mining and other disturbance -- Wetland degradation -- SECTION IV: POLICY AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS: Policy options -- Appendices. |