Table of Contents
Table of Contents:Foreword....................................................................................................................................vii
Chapter 1: The Soils That We Classify....................................................................................1
Chapter 2: Differentiae for Mineral Soils and Organic Soils...................................................3
Chapter 3: Horizons and Characteristics Diagnostic for the Higher Categories......................7
Chapter 4: Identification of the Taxonomic Class of a Soil...................................................37
Chapter 5: Alfisols.................................................................................................................43
Chapter 6: Andisols................................................................................................................87
Chapter 7: Aridisols.............................................................................................................107
Chapter 8: Entisols...............................................................................................................135
Chapter 9: Gelisols...............................................................................................................157
Chapter 10: Histosols.............................................................................................................167
Chapter 11: Inceptisols...........................................................................................................173
Chapter 12: Mollisols.............................................................................................................211
Chapter 13: Oxisols................................................................................................................257
Chapter 14: Spodosols...........................................................................................................273
Chapter 15: Ultisols...............................................................................................................283
Chapter 16: Vertisols..............................................................................................................305
Chapter 17: Family and Series Differentiae and Names........................................................317
Chapter 18: Designations for Horizons and Layers...............................................................335
Appendix..................................................................................................................................343
Index........................................................................................................................................353