The soils of Ecuador

This is the first book to comprehensively discuss Ecuadorian soils. Richly illustrated, it provides information on the unique characteristics and distribution of these soils. Due to the influence of the Andes, which vastly modified the climate and parental materials, a relative small country like Ec...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Espinosa, José (Editor), Moreno, Júlio (Editor), Bernal, Gustavo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
Series:World soils book series.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Subjects:
Soils -- Ecuador.
Online Access:SpringerLink - Click here for access
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Soils of the Tropical Coastal Plain
  • Soils from the great tabular cone totally covered with volcanic ash
  • Soils from the great tabular cone of Santo Domingo
  • Soils from the western Andean Piedmont
  • Soils from the Chongón-Colonche mountain range
  • Soils of the Andean Highlands
  • Soils from the northern Andean highlands
  • Soils from the central Andean highlands
  • Soils from the southern Andean highlands
  • Soils of the Amazonian region
  • Soils from the sub-Andean reliefs
  • Soils of Galapagos Islands
  • Soils from the Santa Cruz Island.

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