Soilscape Speaks Out; an Account of the Past, Present, and Future | ||
| ECOPERSIA | ||
| Article 4, Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 11, 2015, Pages 881-899 PDF (1.27 M) | ||
| Author | ||
| Abbas Farshad* | ||
| Retired Scientific Member of ESA Department, the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherland | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Soil, a 3-dimensional component of the landscape, or simply a natural body in a soilscape with a given geopedological setting, was modeled by Jenny as S = f (Climate, Organism, Relief, Parent material, Time). To map such a complex body, the concept ‗pedon’ –the smallest volume that can be recognized as a soil had to be defined. Classically, soil is known to function as provider, controller, regulator, mechanical support, and as a filter to protect the quality of water, air, and other resources. The intention of this paper is to argue, with the help of several examples of soilscape, in (semi-) arid regions of Tunisia, Morocco and Iran, some other functions of the soils, namely those of being an archive (‗history book of the landscape‘), a guide (in soil management), and a ‗predictor‘ (sensing soil health), in other words, soilscape speaks out: an account of the past, present and future. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Geopedology; Paleoecology; Soil conservation; Soil degradation; Soil management; Soil (land) scape | ||
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