%0 Journal Article
%T Main Forms of Energy Governing Soil Formation
%A Winfried E. H. Blum
%J Soil Science Annual
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10239-012-0001-8
%X Soil formation is governed by four different forms of energy: gravity, orogenic energy, solar energy and anthropogenic energy. The specific influence of these four different energy forms is explained, thus making soil development under different physiogeographic and environmental conditions more understandable. In this context, it is also shown that human impact plays an increasingly important role on soil formation and functioning.
%K soil formation
%K gravity
%K orogenic energy
%K solar energy
%K anthropogenic energy
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