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Name: Soil and Sustainability
ID: m41620
Language: English (en)
Summary: In this module, the following topics are covered: 1) soil's importance to society, 2) the formation of soil profiles, 3) soil constituents for plant growth and nutrient uptake, and 4) soil's relationship with agricultural sustainability and ecological processes
Subject: Science and Technology
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: David Grimley (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Copyright Holders: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Maintainers: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Latest version: 1.7 (history)
First publication date: Nov 18, 2011 6:59 pm -0600
Last revision to module: Sep 17, 2012 8:37 am -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.7 Sep 17, 2012 8:37 am -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Correct description of 'parent material'
Version: 1.6 Mar 8, 2012 8:33 pm -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
1) Fix link to Figure Soil Profile 2) Fix link to Figure Modern versus Buried Soil Profiles 3) Fix link to Figure Soil-Plant Nutrient Cycle 4) Fix link to Figure Water Erosion Vulnerability 5) Fix 3 linkS to Figure Aquatic Dead Zones 6) Fix link to Figure Deaths by Country from Diarrhea Caused by Unsafe Water 7) Change to module in "After reading this section, students should be able to" 8) Fix capitalization in header Importance Of Soil 9) revise Figure Water Erosion Vulnerability and Figure Aquatic Dead Zones for better legibility (MWL)
Version: 1.5 Feb 25, 2012 12:01 pm -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
changed "Learning Goals" to "Learning Objectives"  (mwl)
Version: 1.4 Jan 18, 2012 9:05 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Added Google Analytics tracking code
Version: 1.3 Jan 9, 2012 2:36 pm -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Fixed headings; Added summary (mwl)
Version: 1.2 Nov 24, 2011 11:42 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
removed "permission pending" note from first figure in module (mwl)
Version: 1.1 Nov 18, 2011 7:15 pm -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Created module (mwl)

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