An up-to-date, comprehensive text, covering--for the first time in one volume--what soils are, how they form and change under various conditions, and how they are classified. Presentation is modern, systematic, and accessible; it breaks down soil formation processes into fine and gross, describes effects of soil on human activities, and uses the most modern taxonomy throughout.

Delvin Seymour Fanning and Mary Christine Balluff Fanning are the authors of Soil: Morphology, Genesis, and Classification, published by Wiley.