… Soil mapping and classification started in Jordan in the 1950s at a scale of 1:1,000,000, using
the US soil … Several institutions are addressing the soil problems in Jordan. While primarily …

… This paper evaluates red soils in Jordan with regard to their genesis and parent material.
In order to avoid confusion and for the sake of simplicity, we largely use the soil terminology …

… of the Jordan Valley, which would utilize Jordan's share of the water resources of the Jordan
River … This study focused on soil analysis as part of a comprehensive and integrated study (…

… geomorphic features and soil formation of the arid lands in northeastern Jordan, to provide
… Five representative soil pedons were excavated and described in the field. Soil samples from …

… This paper reports on the formation of soils with gypsic horizons in Quaternary sediments
in arid regions of Jordan. Gypsic horizons were formed from eolian and alluvial sediments as …

… Jordan is faced with increasing population pressure in its already settled areas; hence, it will
have to utilize the underpopulated Badia, which forms 85% of Jordan's land surface, so that …

This study investigated the status and distribution patterns of selected heavy metals in
roadside soils along Irbid-North Shooneh Highway, Jordan. This highway has experienced a …

The specific activity and the gamma-absorbed dose rates of the terrestrial naturally occurring
radionuclides ( 238 U , 232 Th , and 40 K ) were determined in roadside soil cores obtained …

… on properties of the soils of the two agriculturally important regions of Jordan, the Highland
where annual rainfall reaches 600 mm and the irrigated parts of the Jordan Valley (Rift Valley…

This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of deforestation on physical and chemical
properties of soils under native forest in the Mediterranean region of northwestern Jordan. …