xix, 928 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Preface / A.E. Martin - The Australian environment / J.K. Taylor - The origins and early development of soil science in Australia / C.B. Wells and J.A. Prescott - Features of Australian soils / G.D. Hubble, R.F. Isbell and K.H. Northcote - Development of old landscapes and soils / G.G. Beckmann - St...

A.R. Milnes and J.T. Hutton - Development of soil landscapes / G.G. Beckman - Sandy Desert region / K.H. Northcote and M.J. Wright - Western region / E. Bettenay - Kimberley-Arnhem-Cape York / R.F. Isbell - North-eastern plains / R.F. Isbell and G.D. Hubble - Central southern region / K.H. Northcote...

K. Norrish and J.G. Pickering - Oxide minerals / R.M. Taylor ... [et al.] - Mineral phosphate / K. Norrish and H. Rosser - Micronutrients / K.G. Tiller - Soil solution and silicate clay mineral reactions / M. Raupach - Basic exchangeable cations / B.M. Tucker - Oxidation-reduction reactions / I.R. W...

R.S. Beckwith and J.H.A. Butler - Organic phosphorus and sulfur / M.E. Probert - Soil nitrogen / J.N. Ladd and J.S. Russell - Dynamics and fauna of the litter layers / A.V. Spain and B.R. Hutson - Soil animals and pedological processes / K.E. Lee - Ecology of soil invertabrates / P.J.M. Greenslade a...

J.H. Warcup - Phytotoxins in soil / J.R. Harris and R.W.L. Kimber - Soils and land use / C.H. Thompson, A.W. Moore and K.H. Northcote - Plant nutrients in Australian soils / C.H. Williams and M. Raupach - Fertilizer [fertiliser] requirements / J.D. Colwell - Production and uses of biological superph...