Contents -- Characteristics of Anthropogenic Soils -- Nature and Significance of Anthropogenic Soils -- Geocultural Setting -- Anthropogenic Landforms and Surficial deposits -- Human Impacts on Soils -- Physical, Chemical, and Mineralogical Characteristics -- Soil Classification -- Artifacts -- Types of Anthropogenic Soils -- Anthropogenic soils in agricultural settings -- Anthropogenic soils in archaeological settings -- Mine-Soils -- Urban soils -- Use and Management of Anthropogenic Soils -- Problems associated with anthropogenic soils -- Revitalization of anthropogenic soils.
This book is a state-of-the-art review of the physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of anthropogenic soils, their genesis morphology and classification, geocultural setting, and strategies for reclamation, revitalization, use and management..