A Treatise of Indian and Tropical Soils

Introduction.- Chapter1: Indian tropical soils: An overview.- Chapter 2: Cracking clay soils (Vertisols): Pedology, mineralogy and taxonomy.- Chapter 3: Red ferruginous soils: Pedology, mineralogy and taxonomy.- Chapter 4: Soils of the Indo-Gangetic Alluvial Plains: Historical perspective, soil-geomorphology and pedology in response to climate change and neotectonics.- Chapter 5: Conceptual models on tropical soil formation.- Chapter 6: Land and soil degradation and remedial measures.-Chapter 7: Clay and other minerals in soils and sediments as evidence of climate change.- Chapter 8: Linking minerals to selected soil bulk properties.- Chapter 9: Importance of pedology of Indian tropical soils in their edaphology.- Chapter10: Summary and concluding remarks.