The Australian Soil Classification provides a framework for organising knowledge about Australian soils by allocating soils to classes via a key. Since its publication in 1996, this book has been widely adopted and formally endorsed as the official national system. It has provided a means of communication among scientists and land managers and has proven to be of particular value in land resource survey and research programs, environmental studies and education.
Classification is a basic requirement of all science and needs to be periodically revised as knowledge increases. This third edition of The Australian Soil Classification includes updates from a working group of the National Committee on Soil and Terrain (NCST). The main change in this edition accommodates new knowledge and understanding of the significance, nature, distribution and refined testing for soils comprising deep sands, leading to the inclusion of a new Order, the Arenosols. The introduction of the Arenosols Order led to a review and changes to Calcarosols, Tenosols and Rudosols.
The Australian Soil Classification is Volume 4 in the Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbooks Series.
By:
R. F. Isbell, National Committee on Soil and Terrain Imprint: CSIRO Publishing Country of Publication: Australia Edition: 3rd Revised edition Volume: 4 Dimensions:
Height: 245mm,
Width: 170mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 560g ISBN:9781486314775 ISBN 10: 1486314775 Pages: 200 Publication Date:01 February 2021 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
The authors Acknowledgements Preface to the third edition Background How to classify Key to Soil Orders Anthroposols [AN] Arenosols [RE] Calcarosols [CA] Chromosols [CH] Dermosols [DE] Ferrosols [FE] Hydrosols [HY] Kandosols [KA] Kurosols [KU] Organosols [OR] Podosols [PO] Rudosols [RU] Sodosols [SO] Tenosols [TE] Vertosols [VE] Glossary Colour Classes References Appendix 1: Use of codes and confidence levels in recording classification of soil profiles Appendix 2: List of codes and equivalent class names Appendix 3: Class names and equivalent codes, and the level at which they occur in the Soil Orders Appendix 4: Analytical requirements for the Australian Soil Classification Appendix 5: Approximate correlations between the Australian Soil Classification Order and other soil classifications Appendix 6: History of the development of the Australian Soil Classification Appendix 7: Summary of changes in the third edition
The National Committee on Soil and Terrain (NCST) is comprised of representatives from key federal, state and territory agencies.