Soil survey manual / by Soil Science Division Staff.
United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Soil Science Division, author.
2017
S592.14 .S644 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
Soil survey manual / by Soil Science Division Staff.
Corporate Author
United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Soil Science Division, author.
Edition
Fourth edition.
ISBN
9780160937439 (hardcover)
0160937434 (hardcover)
Published
[Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of Agriculture, 2017.
Distributor
[Washington, D.C.] : [For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Language
English
Description
xxix, 603 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Call Number
S592.14 .S644 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
624.151773 S683 2017
GPO Item No.
0003
Summary
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.
Note
"Issued March 2017."
"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."
Shipping list no.: 2017-0026-S.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available Note
Also available on the Internet.
Series
Agriculture handbook (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 18.
Available in Other Form
Soil survey manual
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Soil and soil survey
Landscapes, geomorphology, and site description
Examination and description of soil profiles
Soil mapping concepts
Digital soil mapping
Tools for proximal soil sensing
Soil survey data collection, management, and dissemination
Interpretations: the impact of soil properties on land use
Assessing dynamic soil properties and soil change
Subaqueous soil survey
Human-altered and human-transported soils
Appendix 1: Official soil series description
Appendix 2: Detailed map unit description
Appendix 3: NCSS soil characterization database
Appendix 4: Web soil survey.

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