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(Many of these books have chapters or articles on sampling, sample preparation, and interpretation of results. See the book index for items of interest) Bisdom, E.B.A. (ed). 1981. Submicroscopy of soils and weathered rocks. Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, Wageningen. Bisdom, E.B.A. and J. Dudoux (eds). 1983. Submicroscopic studies of soils. Developments in soil science Vol 12. Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc., New York. (reprinted in Geoderma, vol 30, 1983). Brewer, R. 1976. Fabric and mineral analysis of soils. Robert E. Krieger Pub. Co., Huntington, New York. Brewer, R. and J.R. Sleeman. 1988. Soil structure and fabric. CSIRO Division of Soils, Adelaide. Bullock, P. and C.P. Murphy (eds). 1983. Soil micromorphology 1: Techniques and applications. AB Academic Press. Berkhamsted, Herts. U.K. Bullock, P. and C.P. Murphy (eds). 1983. Soil micromorphology 2: Soil genesis. AB Academic Press. Berkhamsted, Herts. U.K. Bullock, P. et al. (eds). 1985. Handbook for thin section description. WAINE Research Publications. Albrighton, Wolverhampton, U.K. Courty, M.A., P. Goldberg, and R. Macphail. 1989. Soils and micromorphology in archaeology. Cambridge University Press, New York. Douglas, L.A. (ed). 1990. Soil micromorphology: A basic and applied science. Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc. New York. Douglas, L.A. and M.L. Thompson (eds). 1985. Soil micromorphology and soil classification. SSSA Special Publication no. 15. Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Madison. Erlin, B. and D.C. Stark (eds). 1990. Petrograpgy applied to concrete and concrete aggregates. ASTM, Philadelphia. FitzPatrick, E.A. 1980. The micromorphology of soils. A manual for the preparation and description of thin sections of soils. Dept. of Soil Science, Univ, of Aberdeen, U.K. FitzPatrick, E.A. 1984. Micromorphology of soils. Chapman & Hall, New York. FitzPatrick, E.A. 1993. Soil microscopy and micromorphology. John Wiley & Sons, New York. Fedoroff, N., L.M. Bresson, and M.A. Courty (eds). 1987. Soil Micromorphology. Proceedings of the VIIth international working meeting on soil micromorphology. Association Francaise pour l'Etude du Sol. Paris. Fleischer, M., R.E. Wilcox, and J.J. Matzko. 1984. Microscopic determinations of the nonopaque minerals. U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 1627. U.S. Gov. Print. Office, Washington, DC. Humphries, D.W. 1992. The preparation of thin sections of rocks, minerals, and ceramics. Microscopy Handbooks 24. Oxford University Press, New York. Kubiena, W.L. 1938. Micropedology. Collegiate Press, Inc., Ames, Iowa. Kubiena, W.L. 1970. Micromorphological features of soil geography. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, NJ. MacKenzie, W.S. and C. Guilford. 1980. Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section. John Wiley & Sons, New York. Mermut, A.R. (ed). 1987. Micromorphology and submicroscopical studies of North American soils. Geoderma Vol. 40, Nos. 1-2 (special issue). Miedema, R. and A.R. Mermut. 1990. Soil micromorphology: an annotated bibliography 1968-1986. Wallingford: CAB International for ISSS. Murphy, C.P. 1986. Thin section preparation of soils and sediments. AB Academic Publishers. Berkhamsted, Herts, U.K. Nahon, D. 1991. Introduction to the petrology of soils and chemical weathering. John Wiley & Sons. New York. Osmond, D.A. and P. Bullock (eds). 1970. Micromorphological techniques and applications. Agricultural Research Council, Soil Survey Technical Monograph No. 2. Harpenden, U.K. Rutherford, G.K. (ed). 1974. Soil Microscopy. Proceedings of the fourth international working-meeting on soil micromorphology. The Limestone Press, Kingston, Ontario. Scholle, P.A. 1978. A color illustrated guide to carbonate rock constituents, textures, cements, and porosities. AAPG Memoir 27. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., Tulsa. Scholle, P.A. 1979. A color illustrated guide to constituents, textures, cements, and porosities of sandstones and associated rocks. AAPG Memoir 28. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., Tulsa. Smart, P. and N.K. Tovey. 1981. Electron microscopy of soils and sediments: examples. Oxford University Press, New York. Smart, P. and N.K. Tovey. 1982. Electron microscopy of soils and sediments: techniques. Oxford University Press, New York. Stoiber, R.E. and S.A. Morse. 1994. Crystal identification with the polarizing microscope. Chapman & Hall, New York. Stoops, G. and H. Eswaran (eds). 1986. Soil Micromorphology. Van Nostrand Reinhold Soil Science Series (a collection of classic and modern papers).
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