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Part I. The Building Blocks of Soil: 1. Introduction; 2. Basic concepts:soil morphology; 3. Basic concepts: soil horizonation; 4. Basic concepts:soil mineralogy; 5. Basic concepts: soil physics; 6. Basic concepts: soilorganisms; 7. Soil classification, mapping and maps; Part II. Soil Genesis:From Parent Material to Soil: 8. Soil parent materials; 9. Weathering; 10.Pedoturbation; 11. Models and concepts of soil formation; 12. Soil genesisand profile differentiation; Part III. Soil Geomorphology: 13. Soilgeomorphology and hydrology; 14. Soil development and surface exposuredating; 15. Soils, paleosols and paleoenvironmental reconstruction; 16.Conclusions and perspectives; Literature cited; Glossary; Index.