Australian soil and land survey [electronic resource] : field handbook / The National Committee on Soil and Terrain.
National Committee on Soil and Terrain (Australia); CSIRO Publishing.; National Committee on Soil and Terrain.
2009
GB441 .N375 2009
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Title
Australian soil and land survey [electronic resource] : field handbook / The National Committee on Soil and Terrain.
Corporate Author
National Committee on Soil and Terrain (Australia)
Edition
3rd ed.
ISBN
9780643093959
0643093958
9780643097117 (electronic book)
Publication Details
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., c2009.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 246 p. : ill., charts.
Call Number
GB441 .N375 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
631.4794
Summary
"This handbook specifies methods, standards and terminology used in soil and land survey investigations related to practical problems of land use and the scientific study of land and soil. It has been widely used and adopted as a standard throughout Australia, providing one reference set of definitions for the characterisation of landform and vegetation and for the description of soils. The book advocates that a comprehensive suite of land and soil attributes be recorded in a uniform manner. This approach is held to be more useful than the allocation of land or soil to preconceived types or classes. Its usefulness is enhanced where computer facilities are available. This revised edition contains significant changes to the Vegetation chapter and revisions to the Location chapter bringing it up-to-date with the use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and changes to the Substrate chapter relating to the regolith."--Provided by publisher.
Note
"First edition 1984; second edition 1990"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
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CSIRO Publishing.
National Committee on Soil and Terrain.
Series
Australian soil and land survey handbook ; v. 1.
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Purpose and use of handbook / J.G. Speight and R.F. Isbell
The site concept / J.G. Speight and R.C. McDonald
Location / L.J. Gregory, R.C. McDonald and R.F. Isbell
General / R.C. McDonald and R.F. Isbell
Landform / J.G. Speight
Vegetation / R.J. Hnatiuk, R. Thackway and J. Walker
Land surface / R.C. McDonald, R.F. Isbell and J.G. Speight
Soil profile / R.C. McDonald and R.F. Isbell
Substrate / J.G. Speight and R.F. Isbell
App. 1: Soil taxonomic units / R.F. Isbell and R.C. McDonald.

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