Overview
- Presents the only comprehensive summary of Nevada’s natural resources (85% of is Nevada federally managed)
- Includes abundant (70) color illustrations, making it attractive for instruction at the high-school level and above
- Provides a valuable addition to the World Soil Book Series state-level collection
- Written by leading experts with over 200 years of collective experience in all areas of soil science and allied disciplines
Part of the book series: World Soils Book Series (WSBS)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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About this book
This book discusses Nevada in the context of the history of soil investigations; soil-forming factors; general soil regions; soil geomorphology; taxonomic structure of the soils; taxonomic soil regions; soil-forming processes; benchmark, endemic, rare, and endangered soils; and use of soils.
With an average mean annual precipitation of 175 mm (7 in), Nevada is the driest state in the USA. More than three-quarters (89%) of the state has been mapped and the first soil survey was completed in 1909. Nevada is divided into 10 major land-resource areas and features two large deserts (the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert), and over 100 north–south trending enclosed basins separated by mountain ranges (Basin and Range Province), several of which have peaks exceeding 3,400 m. Further, the soils of Nevada represent seven of the 12 globally recognized orders, 29 suborders, 69 great groups, and over 1,800 soil series, and some of the classic research on the origin of duripans andpetrocalcic horizons was conducted in the state. This book presents the first report on the soils of Nevada and provides the first soil map of Nevada utilizing soil.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Paul W. Blackburn began working as a Soil Scientist for the SCS, later to become the NRCS, in June 1976. Paul retired as an MLRA Project Office Leader in January of 2018 with a total of 41 years of service. Paul is enjoying staying close to home, doing small home remodel projects, and teaching grandsons about soils.
John B. Fisher worked over 41 years as a Soil Scientist in Nevada with NRCS before retiring as a Senior Regional Soil Scientist in 2017. John lives in Reno and enjoys reading, gardening, and playing with his grandsons.
William E. Dollarhide transferred to Nevada NRCS in 1969. He served as a Soil Scientist, Project Leader, Assistant State Soil Scientist, State Soil Scientist, and Major Land Resource leader before retiring in 2010, after 41 years of service. Bill lives in Reno with his family and enjoys gardening and playing senior softball.Douglas J. Merkler began working as a Soil Scientist for the SCS, laterto become the NRCS, in September 1978. Douglas retired as a Resource Soil Scientist for Nevada in July of 2017, just shy of 39 years of service. Douglas remains active in the Soil Science Society of America and the International Biogeographic Society, is currently teaching at Nevada State College, and has started a resource-oriented, drone-based consulting firm with his wife in retirement.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Soils of Nevada
Authors: Paul W. Blackburn, John B. Fisher, William E. Dollarhide, Douglas J. Merkler, Joseph V. Chiaretti, James G. Bockheim
Series Title: World Soils Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53157-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53156-0Published: 03 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53159-1Published: 04 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53157-7Published: 02 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2211-1255
Series E-ISSN: 2211-1263
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 301
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 84 illustrations in colour
Topics: Soil Science & Conservation, Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Environmental Geography, Biodiversity