Research Catalog

Title

The Canadian system of soil classification / Soil Classification Working Group.

Author

Canadian Agricultural Services Coordinating Committee. Soil Classification Working Group.

Publication

Ottawa : NRC Research Press, c1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Research Branch.
• National Research Council Canada

Subject

• Soils > Canada > Classification
• Soils > Classification

Genre/Form

Classification

Note

• Issued by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch.
• "The changes incorporated in this current publication are based on the work of the Soil Classification Working Group formerly of the Expert Committee on Soil Survey ..."--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Cover -- Copyright -- Publishing dates -- Contents -- Prefaces -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- History of Soil Classification in Canada -- The early years, 1914-1940 -- From 1940 to 1996 -- Rationale of Soil Taxonomy in Canada -- The nature of soil -- Nature and purpose of soil classification -- Misconceptions about soil taxonomy -- Attributes of the Canadian system -- Bases of criteria for defining taxa at various categorical levels -- Relationship of taxonomic classes to environments -- Relationship of the Canadian system to other systems of soil taxonomy -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Soil, Pedon, Control Section, and Soil Horizons -- Soil and Nonsoil -- Pedon, the Basic Unit of Soil -- Control Section -- Mineral soils -- Organic soils -- Soil Horizons and Other Layers -- Mineral horizons and layers -- Lowercase suffixes -- Named diagnostic horizons and layers of mineral soils -- Organic horizons -- Named layers and materials of Organic soils -- Tests for distinguishing organic layers --^
• von Post scale of decomposition -- Rules concerning horizon and layer designations -- Need for precise definitions of horizons and layers -- Chapter 3 Outline of the System and a Key to the Classification of a Pedon -- Outline of the System -- Classifying a Pedon -- Key to Soil Orders -- Key to Soil Great Groups -- Key to Soil Subgroups -- Chapter 4 Brunisolic Order -- Distinguishing Brunisolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders -- Melanic Brunisol -- Eutric Brunisol -- Sombric Brunisol -- Dystric Brunisol -- Chapter 5 Chernozemic Order -- Distinguishing Chernozemic Soils from Soils of Other Orders -- Brown Chernozem -- Dark Brown Chernozem -- Black Chernozem -- Dark Gray Chernozem -- Chapter 6 Cryosolic Order -- Turbic Cryosol -- Static Cryosol -- Organic Cryosol -- Chapter 7 Gleysolic Order -- Distinguishing Gleysolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders -- Luvic Gleysol -- Humic Gleysol -- Gleysol -- Chapter 8 Luvisolic Order --^
• Distinguishing Luvisolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders -- Gray Brown Luvisol -- Gray Luvisol -- Chapter 9 Organic Order -- Distinguishing Organic Soils from Soils of Other Orders -- Fibrisol -- Mesisol -- Humisol -- Folisol -- Chapter 10 Podzolic Order -- Distinguishing Podzolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders -- Humic Podzol -- Ferro-Humic Podzol -- Humo-Ferric Podzol -- Chapter 11 Regosolic Order -- Distinguishing Regosolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders -- Regosol -- Humic Regosol -- Chapter 12 Solonetzic Order -- Distinguishing Solonetzic Soils from Soils of Other Orders -- Solonetz -- Solodized Solonetz -- Solod -- Vertic Solonetz -- Chapter 13 Vertisolic Order -- Distinguishing Vertisolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders -- Vertisol -- Humic Vertisol -- Chapter 14 Soil Family and Series -- Family Criteria and Guidelines for Mineral Soils -- Family Criteria and Guidelines for Organic Soils -- Nomenclature for Soil Families -- Soil Series -- Chapter 15 Soil Phase -- Sl.

ISBN

0660174049

LCCN

cn^98980032^

OCLC

40180907

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library