Introduction Soil Science and Soil Resources

About Soils 210

Elementary aspects of soil formation, soil occurrence in natural landscapes, soil classification, soil resource inventory; basic morphological, biological, chemical, and physical characteristics employed in the identification of soils and predictions of their performance in both managed and natural landscapes.


Soil Classification

In Canada, as elsewhere, soil classification has evolved continuously since the commencement of soil surveying several decades ago.


  • Brunisolic Soils >>More
  • Chernozemic Soils >>More
  • Cryosolic Soils >>More
  • Gleysolic Soils >>More
  • Luvisolic Soils >>More
  • Organic Soils >>More
  • Podzolic Soils >>More
  • Regosolic Soils >>More
  • Solonetzic Soils >>More
  • Vertisolic Soils >>More

Soil Resources

Be sure to check out the Resources section to find more information related to soil.


 

Renewable Resources  

On the internet
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