Soil in space and time - forms of energy involved in soil processes
2007
Blum, W.E.H.,University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria). Inst. of Soil Research
Processes in soils are driven by 4 different forms of energy: gravity, orogenic energy, solar energy and anthropogenic energy. Their influence on the genesis and functions of soils are the aim of this paper. All processes in soils as open and complex biotic and non-biotic systems are driven by energy. Therefore knowledge about the forms of this energy is basic for understanding the genesis and functions of these substrates, and processes involved. The forms of energy in soils are at the cross-road between lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere, the atmosphere and the anthroposphere. Any attempt to quality these functions economically and socially, e.g. as goods and services for humankind, has to be based on an energy concept
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