Modelling Soil Development Under Global Change (SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences)

Preface
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I Modelling Soil Development
1 Why Model Soil Development
	References
2 A Brief History of Modelling Soil Development
	References
3 Required Process Coverage in a Soil Development Model
	Reference
Part II The SoilGen Model
4 Philosophy Behind SoilGen
	References
5 Processes in SoilGen
	5.1 Transport Processes
		5.1.1 Water Flow and Associated Boundary Conditions
		5.1.2 Solute Flow and Associated Boundary Conditions
		5.1.3 Heat Flow and Associated Boundary Conditions
		5.1.4 CO2 Transport and Associated Boundary Conditions
		5.1.5 Clay Transport
		5.1.6 Correction of Upper Hydrological Boundary Conditions for Slope and Exposition
	5.2 Element Cycling
		5.2.1 C-cycling and Release of Ions by Mineralization
		5.2.2 Cation Exchange
		5.2.3 Precipitation and Dissolution
		5.2.4 Weathering and Neoformation of Minerals
		5.2.5 Physical Weathering
		5.2.6 Soil Production
	5.3 Plant Processes
		5.3.1 Transpiration and Water Uptake
		5.3.2 Element Uptake
		5.3.3 Plant Growth
	5.4 Mixing Processes
		5.4.1 Bioturbation
		5.4.2 Plowing
	5.5 Updating Soil Variables and Process Parameters
		5.5.1 Iterative pH Determination
		5.5.2 Updating the CEC
		5.5.3 Updating the Soil Texture and Bulk Density
		5.5.4 Temperature Correction of Chemical Constants
	References
6 Addressing Constraints, Variability and Uncertainty
	6.1 Technical Specifications, Operational Constraints and Model Stability
	6.2 Heterogeneity
	6.3 Accuracy Assessment
	6.4 Sensitivity Analysis
	6.5 Calibration
	References
Part III User Interface
7 User Interface of SoilGen3
	7.1 Defining the Initial Situation
		7.1.1 Editing the Initial Soil- and Mineralogical Data
		7.1.2 Editing the Chemical Equilibrium Constants
		7.1.3 Editing the Carbon Distribution Over Pools and Time
		7.1.4 Editing the Bedrock Composition
		7.1.5 Editing Process Constants for Calibration Purposes
	7.2 Defining Global Change Scenarios
		7.2.1 Generalities and Output Files
		7.2.2 Climate
		7.2.3 Bioturbation
		7.2.4 Agricultural Land Use
		7.2.5 Events
	7.3 Soil Variables Written to Output Files
	References
Part IV Example Studies with SoilGen
8 User Perspectives
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Case Studies Per User Type
		8.2.1 Soil Genesis Scholar: Modelling Soil Genesis in Calcareous Loess
		8.2.2 Global Change Scholar: Simulating Soil Organic Carbon Stock Affected by Land Use and Climate Change on Volcanic Soil in Indonesia
		8.2.3 Palaeoclimatologist: Climate-Soil Modelling to Identify Causes of Differences Between Palaeosols from MIS 5e and MIS 13
		8.2.4 Hypothesis Tester: Comparing Protection Mechanisms for OC-Decomposition in Sweden
		8.2.5 Geoarchaeologist: Reconstruction of a Bronze Age Soilscape in Belgium for Archaeological Land Evaluation
	References
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