CORNELL UNIVERSITY. NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES. DEPT. OF AGRONOMY
Guidelines for using soil taxonomy in the names of soil maps units
Provided herein are guidelines and conventions for using Soil Taxonomy - an international soil classification system - for the naming of map units in soil resource inventories.
Van Wambeke, A.; Forbes, T. R. · 1986
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Abstract
Use of Soil Taxonomy, it is noted, will provide a strong basis for communicating soil information across national and regional boundaries. Successive chapters of this handbook: (1) discuss definitions and concepts which are important for understanding maps and classifications; (2) explain the different reference systems which can be used for naming soils on soil resource inventory maps; (3) describe kinds of soil resource inventories and their appropriate map units; and (4) provide the conventions and rules governing the English-language naming of primary and secondary map units. Included are two technical appendices, the script of a supplementary slide set, 19 figures, and 6 tables. (Author abstract, modified)
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