TY - BOOK N2 - The newly updated Soil Survey Manual, USDA Handbook No. 18, provides the major principles and practices needed for making and using soil surveys and for assembling and using related data. The Manual serves as a guiding document for activities of the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS). Previously published in 1937, 1951, and 1993, the Soil Survey Manual is one of the defining documents for soil survey in the world. AB - The newly updated Soil Survey Manual, USDA Handbook No. 18, provides the major principles and practices needed for making and using soil surveys and for assembling and using related data. The Manual serves as a guiding document for activities of the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS). Previously published in 1937, 1951, and 1993, the Soil Survey Manual is one of the defining documents for soil survey in the world. T1 - Soil survey manual / ET - Fourth edition. VL - number 18 CN - S592.14 CN - S592.14 N1 - "Issued March 2017." N1 - "This manual is a revision and enlargement of U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook No. 18, the Soil Survey Manual, previously issued October 1962 and October 1993. This version supersedes both previous versions." N1 - Shipping list no.: 2017-0026-S. ID - 789578 KW - Soil surveys SN - 9780160937439 SN - 0160937434 TI - Soil survey manual / LK - http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo82564 UR - http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo82564 ER -