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USDA soil taxonomy (ST) developed by the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Cooperative Soil Survey provides an elaborate classification of soil types according to several parameters (most commonly their properties) and in several levels: Order, Suborder, Great Group, Subgroup, Family, and Series. The classification was originally developed by Guy Donald Smith, former director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's soil survey investigations.[1]

  1. ^ Donovan, Alan (1981-08-29). "Guy D. Smith, 73, USDA Soil Expert, Dies". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-11-15.

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USDA soil taxonomy

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USDA soil taxonomy (ST) developed by the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Cooperative Soil Survey provides an elaborate classification...

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1938 USDA soil taxonomy

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1938 soil taxonomy divided soils into three orders dependent on dominant soil forming factors. Intrazonal soils have more or less well-defined soil profile...

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Soil classification

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criteria. USDA soil taxonomy provides the core criteria for differentiating soil map units. This is a substantial revision of the 1938 USDA soil taxonomy which...

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Soil type

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Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) and the USDA soil taxonomy. Other systems do not ask whether the properties are the result of soil formation or not...

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Soil texture

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requirements. Soil texture focuses on the particles that are less than two millimeters in diameter which include sand, silt, and clay. The USDA soil taxonomy and...

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Soil science

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The FAO soil classification, in turn, borrowed from modern soil classification concepts, including USDA soil taxonomy. WRB is based mainly on soil morphology...

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Gelisol

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order in USDA soil taxonomy. They are soils of very cold climates which are defined as containing permafrost within two meters of the soil surface. The...

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Soil horizon

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examples are the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), the USDA soil taxonomy and the Australian Soil Classification. Diagnostic horizons are usually...

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Histosol

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In both the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) and the USDA soil taxonomy, a Histosol is a soil consisting primarily of organic materials....

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Orthent

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Orthents are soils defined in USDA soil taxonomy as entisols that lack horizon development[clarification needed] due to either steep slopes or parent...

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Podzol

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Soil Resources (WRB) and in many national soil classification systems (in some of them, spelled Podsols). The USDA soil taxonomy and the Chinese soil...

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Oxisol

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Oxisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy, best known for their occurrence in tropical rain forest within 25 degrees north and south of the Equator...

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Unified Soil Classification System

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AASHTO Soil Classification System AASHTO ASTM International USDA Soil Taxonomy (Soil classification for agricultural purposes) Classification of Soils for...

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Inceptisol

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Inceptisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. They form quickly through alteration of parent material. They are more developed than Entisols. They...

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Vertisol

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A vertisol is a Soil Order in the USDA soil taxonomy and a Reference Soil Group in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is also defined...

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Fragipan

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A fragipan is a diagnostic horizon in USDA soil taxonomy. They are altered subsurface soil layers that restrict water flow and root penetration. Fragipans...

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Aridisol

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Aridisols (or desert soils) are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. Aridisols (from the Latin aridus, for "dry", and solum) form in an arid or semi-arid...

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FAO soil classification

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Solonetz Vertisols USDA soil taxonomy International Committee on Anthropogenic Soils (ICOMANTH) Soil types World Reference Base for Soil Resources World...

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Sapric

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40 cm. In the USDA soil taxonomy, sapric may be a subtype of a haplohemist or glacistel type, and may also be a diagnostic organic soil material where...

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World Reference Base for Soil Resources

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USDA soil taxonomy' from 1960. The next step was the Revised Legend of the Soil Map of the World, published in 1988. In 1982, the International Soil Science...

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Entisol

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Entisols are soils, as defined under USDA soil taxonomy, that do not show any profile development other than an A-horizon (or “A” horizon). Entisols have...

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Soil in the United States

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The US soil taxonomic hierarchy includes orders, suborders, great groups, subgroups, families and series, with each series representing a unique kind of...

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Petrocalcic horizon

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petrocalcic horizon is a diagnostic horizon in the USDA soil taxonomy (ST) and in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). They are formed when secondary...

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Soil survey

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soil classification USDA soil taxonomy Pedometrics Earth sciences survey Lindbo, David L.; Kozlowski, Deb A.; Robinson, Clay, eds. (2012). Know Soil,...

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Duripan

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A duripan is a diagnostic soil horizon of the USDA soil taxonomy that is cemented by illuvial silica into a subsurface hardpan. Similar to a fragipan,...

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Psamment

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In USDA soil taxonomy, a Psamment is defined as an Entisol which consists basically of unconsolidated sand deposits, often found in shifting sand dunes...

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Soil series

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in the USDA Soil Taxonomy classification system hierarchy. The actual object of classification is the so-called soil individual, or pedon. Soil series...

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