Index

A E Acid rain, 111 Earthquake, 1 Airstreams, 6 Eastern fault coast, 1 Alfisol, 8, 25 Eluvial soil, 63 Alic Andisol, 51 Endoaquept, 64, 65, 72 Allophane, 43 Entisol, 8, 55, 56 Allophonic Andisol, 49 Epiaquept, 64, 65, 69 Alluvium, 95 Erosion, 108, 111 Alpine, 84 Eurasian plate, 1 Amorphous iron (Feo), 87 Eutrochrept, 64, 65, 68 Amphibole, 39 Andesitic flows, 35 Andic Cambisol, 52 F Andic Inceptisol, 52 Ferrihydrite, 47 Andisols, 37 Ferromanganiferous (Fe–Mn) nodule, 104 Anthropogenic processes, 6 Food safety, 15, 16 Anticline, 96 Forest soil, 8 Arc-continent collision, 81 Free iron (Fed), 87 Argillic horizon, 25 Free metal oxides, 30 Fulvudands, 47

B Base saturation, 31 G Beryllium-10 (Be-10), 95 Geographical information system (GIS), 14 Geomorphology, 19, 20 Gibbsite, 47, 91 C Groundwater, 113 Cambic horizons, 63 Clay illuviation, 105 Central Mountain Range, 1 H Chlorite, 74 Haplic Cambisol, 52 Chronosequence, 20 Hapludand, 37 Clay coating, 26 Heavy metal, 111 Coastal plain, 1 Hill land, 55 Coastal Range, 1 Hill land soil, 63 Conglomerate, 73 Histosol, 73 Coniferous forest, 73 Hydroxy-interlayer vermiculite (HIV), 91 Contamination, 108 Coral reef, 30 Cristobalite, 47 I Illite, 91 Illuvial clay, 85 D Illuviation, 8 Dithionite-citrate-bicarbonate (DCB), 26, 86 Imogolite, 43 Dystric Cambisol, 52 In situ stabilization, 116 Dystrochrept, 64, 72 Inceptisol, 8, 37, 63, 64 Dystrudepts, 37 Iron depletion, 108 Irrigation water, 8

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K R Kaolinite, 47, 91 Redox concentrations, 104, 108 Redoximorphic features, 104 Rural land, 55 L Rural soil, 8, 63 Land assessment, 15 Land Quality Indicators (LQIs), 118 Land subsidence, 113 S Longitudinal valley, 1 Sandstone, 73 Sedimentary rocks, 4 Serpentine, 25, 74 M Short-range-order alumosilicates, 46 Marine terrace, 81 Slickensides, 74 Melanic epipedon, 37 Smectite, 73 Melanic index, 43 Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Melanudand, 43 (SGWPR Act), 115 Metamorphic rocks, 4 Soil attenuation, 115 Micromorphology, 26 Soil carbon stock, 93 Minimum data set (MDS), 118 Soil classification, 11 Mollisol, 73 Soil compaction, 113 Monsoons, 6 Soil control standard (SCS), 115 Mudstone, 111 Soil cracks, 74 Soil degradation, 111 Soil drainage, 111 N Soil education, 18 National Soil Information System of Taiwan, 14 Soil fertility, 32 Non-allophanic Andisol, 49 Soil genesis, 19 Northeaster monsoon, 36 Soil information system, 15 Northern mixed coast, 1 Soil liquefaction, 15, 16 Soil mapping, 12 Soil order, 55, 56 O Soil phase, 13 Optical density of the oxalate extraction (ODOE), 86 Soil quality, 117 Organic acid, 91 Soil remediation, 115 Organic carbon, 90 Soil report, 11 Organometallic complex, 87 Soil series, 13, 55, 56 Orientation (in illuvial clays), 31 Soil survey, 11, 12 Oxidation, 8 Soil survey technique, 21 Oxisol, 95, 97 Soil Taxonomy, 13, 55, 56 Soil types, 13 Southern coral-reef coast, 1 P Spodic horizon, 83 Paddy rice, 8, 32 Spodic material, 83 Paddy soil, 8, 104, 108 Spodosol, 83 Pedologist, 18 Subalpine, 84 Pedology, 18 Sustainability, 82, 117 Philippine Sea plate, 1 Sustainable soil management (SSM), 117 Phosphate retention, 43 Phytoavailability, 116 Phytoextraction, 116 T Phytoremediation, 116 Taiwan, 1 Plantations, 53 Taiwan clay, 29 Plinthite, 95 Taiwan representative soils, 56, 58, 63, 65 Podzol, 93 Tatun Volcano Group (TVG), 35 Podzolization, 83 Terra Rossa, 99, 108 Pyroclastic deposits, 35 Terrace, 73 Pyroxene, 39 Thin section, 27 Toxic metals, 32 Trade wind, 6 Q Typhoon, 6, 82 Quartz, 47, 91 Typic Inceptisol, 52 Quaternary, 95 Index 127

U W Udifluvents, 57, 58, 62 Water table, 95 Udipsamments, 57, 58, 62 Western emergent coast, 1 Udorthents, 57, 58, 60 Western Foothills, 1 Ultisol, 8, 25, 37, 95 Ustifluvents, 57, 58, 60 Ustipsamments, 57, 58 X Ustochrept, 64, 65, 68 X-ray diffraction (XRD), 49, 78

V Y Vegetation succession, 53 Yangmingshan National Park (YMS-NP), 35 Vegetation types, 36 Young alluvium, 55 Vermiculite, 74 Vertisol, 73 Volcanic ash, 35 Volcanic detritus, 47 Volcanic rocks, 4