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A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information A collection of links and information on soil classification systems: Institutes, classifications and methods, databases, and learning resources. (by D G Rossiter) http://www.itc.nl/~rossiter/research/rsrch_ss.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Advanced Soil Genesis: Soil Morphology and Classification A short introduction to soil morphology (description) and a presentation of the 12 soil orders (US) and their genesis. University of Arizona, Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Craig Rasmussen. http://ag.arizona.edu/classes/swes541/Lectures/swes541_1_basic_concepts_2.pdf (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It AfricaSoils.net, African Soil Information Service A new digital soil map of Africa. Project leaded by the CIAT/CGIAR and financed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. http://www.africasoils.net/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Are Laterites Caused by the Alkaline Gut of Termites? It is proposed that latisols (ultisols) are caused by the extremely alkaline midgut of humus eating termites. http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/laterite.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Australia: Soil Maps of Tasmania (DPIW) Small scale (1/100000) reconnaissance soil maps of Tasmania. Pdf files of the map are available for 11 area. http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/EGIL-53E2YX?open (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Australian Soil Classification: An Interactive Key Gives details of a CD-ROM of this name, a reference tool that allows the purchaser to allocate soil profiles to any level of the official Australian Soil Classification. http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/2653.htm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Australian Soil Resource Information System (ASRIS) Interactive soil maps and information on soil resources in Australia, from national to local (soil profile) scale. http://www.asris.csiro.au (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Bulk Density Determination Detailed description to determine the bulk density of soil. http://www.geology.iupui.edu/research/SoilsLab/procedures/bulk/Index.htm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Canada: National Soil Database (NSDB) Soil surveys, land inventory, soil landscapes, agroecological resource areas, land potential and ecosystems maps at various scales in Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/intro.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Canada: Soil surveys of Ontario List of surveys and maps. http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/on/index.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Canada: Soils of Canada Online maps. http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/slc/webmap.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Canada: Soils of Canada A collection of soil profiles representing the twenty Great Groups in the Canadian System of Soil Classification. Includes descriptions of soils and plants of Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone and the Engelmann Spruce-Subalpine Fir Biogeoclimatic Zone. Many pictures. http://web.unbc.ca/~soc/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Canada: Soils of New Brunswick Soil surveys and maps from CanSIS. http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/nb/index.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Canada: The Canadian Soil Classification System A short introduction to the Canadian soil classification system: Classification principles, mains soil orders and simplified key to soil order (University of Alberta) http://www.environment.ualberta.ca/SoilsERM/class.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Canadian Soil Information System Information on soil surveys and analysis but also on the Environmental Sustainablility of Canadian Agriculture. http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/intro.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Classification Procedures for Expansive Soils Article by A Sridharan and K Prakash discussing how best to set about classifying expansive soils, as the use of standard methods of classification result in distress to the structures founded on them. http://www2.env.uea.ac.uk/gmmc/env/env-2e1y/ice/GT_2000_04f.pdf (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Dedcoastland The Mediterranean scientific network research on soil degradation and conservation, land use, desertification and erosion. http://medcoastland.iamb.it (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Digital Soil Mapping working group (IUSS) News, conferences and tools related to Digital Soil Mapping. International Union of Soil Sciences, Soil geography (1.2) and Pedometrics (1.5) commissions. http://digitalsoilmapping.org (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It European Soil Portal European soil related databases, maps, documents, publications, projects, news and mailing-list at the European Commission, Joint Research Centre. http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It FAO: Land Resources The Land Tenure and Management Unit promotes the development of cost-effective methods for land and soil survey and classification and maintains a database and web-based information system on land resources and land use. http://www.fao.org/nr/land/en/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Ireland: Soil Maps of Ireland A collection of maps. http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/EuDASM/lists/ireland.htm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Israel: Soils of Israel A set of images to illustrate the soils of the arid part of Israel. Includes a description list of the soil groups in English and Hebrew. Also available is a conversion table from Dan's to both the USDA and FAO classification systems. http://cals.arizona.edu/OALS/soils/israeli.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Italian National Center for Soil Mapping Description of activities and services. (English side under development) http://www.soilmaps.it/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Natural Resources Conservation Service: Hydric Soils Provides information on these soils that are sufficiently wet in the upper part to develop anaerobic conditions during the growing season, with lists of hydric soils by state for the USA. http://soils.usda.gov/use/hydric/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It New Zealand Soils Portal Provides access to Nationally Significant Soils Databases, but also a wealth of explanatory information about current and historical soil naming schemes used in New Zealand. http://soils.landcareresearch.co.nz/contents/index.aspx (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Pedometrics Newsletter, conferences, jobs and articles related to the mathematical and statistical measurement of soil distribution and genesis (Commission 1.5, International Union of Soil Sciences). http://www.pedometrics.org/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Published Soil Surveys for Hawaii Soil maps and details for all Hawaiian islands. http://soils.usda.gov/survey/printed_surveys/state.asp?state=Hawaii&abbr=HI (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Russia: Soil Map of Russia/FAO soil types Table correlating the Soil Map of Russia's soil type with FAO World Reference Base (Land Ressources of Russia) http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/FOR/russia_cd/soil_cor.htm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Soil Collections , Oak Ridge National Laboratory Datasets of soil properties (physical and chemical), at various scales. Distributed Active Archive Center, USA. http://daac.ornl.gov/SOILS/soils_collections.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Soil Geography and Geostatistics: Concepts and Applications A comprehensive book on the application of geostatistics and spatial analysis to soils. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, European Soil Portal. http://eusoils.jrc.it/ESDB_Archive/eusoils_docs/other/EUR23290.pdf (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Soil Morphology & Micromorphology (IUSS Commission) International Union of Soil Science Commission 1.1, Soil Morphology and Micromorphology. Newsletter, meeting and announcement. http://www.agry.purdue.edu/pedology/iuss/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Soil Survey Photography Principles and Techniques is a presentation on Soil Survey photography. [PowerPoint Presentation] ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Photography/phtgrphy.ppt (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It South Africa: Agricultural Geo-referenced Information System - Soils Soil surveys, soil classification and dynamic maps for South-Africa. ARC Institute for Soil, Climate and Water/AGIS. http://www.agis.agric.za/agisweb/$WEB_HOME?MIval=soils.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Sweden: MarkInfo Information and maps on Swedish forest soils, their morphological and chemical properties. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. http://www-markinfo.slu.se (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It Swedish National Survey of Forest Soils and Vegetation A long term inventory of permanent sample plots of the Swedish National Forest. Short English summary, the details are in Swedish. http://www-sml.slu.se/sk/skeng.htm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It The Australian Soil Classification Explains classification schemes in general with detailed description of Australian soil types, glossary and references. http://www.clw.csiro.au/aclep/asc_re_on_line/soilhome.htm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It UK: LandIS - Land Information System Provide site reports, GIS datasets and a free "Interactive Soilscapes Viewer" for UK soils National Soil Resource Institute, Cranfield University). http://www.landis.org.uk (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It UK: United Kingdom soil classification system A short introduction to UK soil classification system. Soil characteristics and soil classes. SoilsWorldwide (National Soil Resources Institute, Cranfield University) http://www.soilsworldwide.net/index.php/United_Kingdom_soil_classification_system (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: Classifying Soils Using Soil Taxonomy: The Twelve Soil Orders Brief definitions and pictures of the US 12 soil orders .University of Minnesota, Soil, Water and Climate department. http://www.soils.umn.edu/academics/classes/soil2125/doc/s5chp2.htm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: Distribution Maps of Dominant Soil Orders Maps showing U.S. land area in different soil orders. http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/orders/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: NRCS Soil classification Comprehensive resources on USDA soil classification system: key to soil taxonomy (English/Spanish), soil series description and database, discussion forum. http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: NRCS Soil Survey Lists soil surveys, survey programs, soil survey technology, standards, data and references. http://soils.usda.gov/survey/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: NRCS Soil Survey Guides and References A collection of on-line guidebook for soil survey in the US (and elsewhere), including the "Soil Survey Manual". http://www.mo10.nrcs.usda.gov/references/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: NRCS Soils Data Mart Data and other resources on soils, soil taxonomy, and U.S. soil surveys. http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: NRCS Soils Gallery Contains representative pictures of soil orders plus profile and landscape pictures of more specific soils. http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: Soil Survey Information for Massachusetts and New England Featuring soil information, ground penetrating radar, GIS, and soil profile photos. http://nesoil.com/index.html (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: The Soils of Pennsylvania Information on soil management. http://extension.psu.edu/agronomy-guide/cm/sec1/sec11a (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: The Twelve Soil Orders This system for classifying soils is one of the most widely used soil classification systems in the world. Collection of information and images to illustrate the distribution, properties, ecological significance, and use of these 12 soil orders. http://soils.cals.uidaho.edu/soilorders/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: Washington State Soils Interactive maps and pictures. http://remotesens.css.wsu.edu/washingtonsoil/index.htm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It USA: Web Soil Survey (USDA, NRCS) Interactive soil maps and soil information in United States (data from National Cooperative Soil Survey). http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It World Reference Base for soil resources The WRB project is an international soil classification framework (FAO, IUSS, ISRIC): Reference documents, world soil atlas, classification key, news and forum. http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/wrb/default.stm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It World Reference Base for soil resources (2006, 2nd ed.) The WRB is an international soil classification framework (FAO, IUSS, ISRIC): diagnostic, key and definitions of the reference soil groups. http://www.fao.org/AG/AGL/agll/wrb/doc/wrb2006final.pdf (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It World Reference Base, Map of World Soil Resources Map, information and legend of the World Soil Resources. 1:25.000.000 scale, with image and georeferenced vector formats, FAO/AGL 2003. http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/wrb/soilres.stm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It World Soil Resources Information, educational resources, documents and list of institutions about World Soil Resources. USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://soils.usda.gov/use/worldsoils/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue (WOSSAC) Collection of (paper) soil maps, reports and imagery established by British soil scientists in various countries. http://www.wossac.com (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It World: European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the World Aims to provide and preserve soil maps from all over the world. Information about and access to scanned maps and publications available online. EU Joint Research Centre http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/maps/country_maps/list_countries.cfm (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It World: Global Soil Regions Map showing world wide distribution of soil types. http://soils.usda.gov/use/worldsoils/mapindex/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It World: GlobalSoilMap A international project of fine-resolution world soil map (and derived information), using existing datasets and state-of the art mapping technologies. http://www.globalsoilmap.net/ (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It World: Lecture Notes on the Major Soils of the World Description, characteristics, geography, landforms and genesis of the 30 Reference Soil Groups (WRB), grouped in 10 sets. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/Y1899E/Y1899E00.HTM (Added: Mon Apr 04 2011 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Review It

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