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INTRODUCTION
TO ENVIRONMENTAL
SOIL PHYSICS
INTRODUCTION
TO ENVIRONMENTAL
SOIL PHYSICS
Daniel Hillel
Professor Emeritus
Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences
University of Massachusetts
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CONTENTS
LIST OF TEXT BOXES xi
PREFACE xiii
Part I
BASIC RELATIONSHIPS 1
1 SOIL PHYSICS AND SOIL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 3
2 WATER PROPERTIES IN RELATION TO POROUS MEDIA 19
Part II
THE SOLID P