The Soils of Taiwan
Taiwan is located at the convergent boundary between the Philippine Sea plate and the continental margin of the Eurasian plate. The collision by oblique plate convergence began at around 5 to 6 million years and is ongoing with continual crustal sho
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Zueng-Sang Chen Zeng-Yei Hseu Chen-Chi Tsai
The Soils of Taiwan
World Soils Book Series
Series editor Prof. Alfred E. Hartemink Department of Soil Science, FD Hole Soils Laboratory University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison USA
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Aims and Scope The World Soils Book Series brings together soil information and soil knowledge of a particular country in a concise and reader-friendly way. The books include sections on soil research history, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, and soils and humans.
International Union of Soil Sciences
Zueng-Sang Chen • Zeng-Yei Hseu Chen-Chi Tsai
The Soils of Taiwan
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Zueng-Sang Chen Department of Agricultural Chemistry National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan
Chen-Chi Tsai Department of Forestry and Natural Resources National Ilan University Ilan Taiwan
Zeng-Yei Hseu Department of Environmental Science and Engineering National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Pingtung Taiwan
ISSN 2211-1255 World Soils Book Series ISBN 978-94-017-9725-2 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9726-9
ISSN 2211-1263
(electronic)
ISBN 978-94-017-9726-9
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Preface
Formosa, the original name of Taiwan, was given to the island in 1535 by Portuguese sailors who spotted the main island of Taiwan, and named it “Ilha Formossa” which means beautiful island, a fitting epithet for an island with a great natural beauty. Taiwan is an island where a high variation in climate conditions produces a great biodiversity of vegetation types while, at the same time, it is situated on a co
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