The Soils of Iran

1. Introduction
Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Hamid Siadat, Abbas Farshad

2. History of Soil Research
Mohammad Reza Balali, Hamid Siadat, Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab

3. Climate
Ali Khalili, Jaber Rahimi

4. Geology and Geomorphology
Mostafa Karimian Eghbal, Nikoo Hamzehpour, Mohammad Hady Farpoor

5. Vegetation and Land Cover
Ali Farzaneh, Morteza Ebrahimi Rastaghi

6. Soil-Forming Factors and Processes
Farhad Khormali, Norair Toomanian

7. Major Soils, Properties, and Classification
Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Norair Toomanian, Vahid Reza Ghasemi Dehkordi, Farhad Khormali

8. Paleosols and Past Climate Change
Martin Kehl, Farhad Khormali

9. Agroecological Zones
Eddy Pauw, Vahid R. Ghasemi Dehkordi, Abdolali Ghaffari

10. Soil Fertility
Najafali Karimian, Mohammad Mehdi Tehrani

11. Soil Biology and Biotechnology
Hossein Besharati, Nasser Aliasgharzad, Kazem Khavazi, Hadi Asadi Rahmani

12. Human-Induced Land Degradation
Abbas Farshad, Ebrahim Pazira, Ali Akbar Noroozi

13. Land Management in Space and Time
Abbas Farshad, Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Mohammad Reza Jalal Kamali

14. Soil Resources of Iran: Challenges and Recommendations
Hamid Siadat, Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab, Abbas Farshad

Keywords: Environment, Soil Science & Conservation, Geomorphology, Agriculture