Örçen (2025) Soil salinization in the era of climate change

Identification

• Journal: Elsevier eBooks
• Year: 2025
• Date: 2025-10-17
• Authors: Nesrin Örçen
• DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-40292-0.00029-7

Research Groups

• Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, Bornova, Turkey

Short Summary

This chapter provides a foundational description of soil, detailing its composition, formation processes, and critical importance as a natural resource essential for life and human survival.

Objective

• To describe the fundamental composition, formation, and multifaceted importance of soil as a dynamic natural resource.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Conceptual/Global (discussing soil generally)
• Temporal Scale: Geological (soil formation over long periods)

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Not applicable (This is a descriptive, review-like chapter).
• Data sources: Not applicable (This chapter presents foundational knowledge, not new data analysis).

Main Results

• Soil is a dynamic, three-dimensional natural substance composed of minerals, air, water, organic matter, and organisms, formed over long periods from physical and chemical weathering of rocks.
• It is a non-substitutable resource critical for life, human survival, and serves as a medium for plant growth and a habitat for countless organisms.
• Soil typically consists of 50% solid phase (45% inorganic, 5% organic), 25% liquid phase (groundwater), and 25% gas phase (air-filled cavities).

Contributions

• Provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental characteristics, formation, and ecological and societal importance of soil, serving as a foundational text for understanding broader soil-related issues.

Funding

• Not specified in the provided text.

Citation

@article{Örçen2025Soil,
  author = {Örçen, Nesrin},
  title = {Soil salinization in the era of climate change},
  journal = {Elsevier eBooks},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/b978-0-443-40292-0.00029-7},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-40292-0.00029-7}
}