A SYSTEM OF SOIL MAPS - EXPERIENCE IN APPLICATION OF A POLYCOMPONENT BASIC CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS FOR MAPPING PURPOSES

Citation
Tv. Ananko et al., A SYSTEM OF SOIL MAPS - EXPERIENCE IN APPLICATION OF A POLYCOMPONENT BASIC CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS FOR MAPPING PURPOSES, Eurasian soil science, 31(5), 1998, pp. 561-573
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
ISSN journal
10642293
Volume
31
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
561 - 573
Database
ISI
SICI code
1064-2293(1998)31:5<561:ASOSM->2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The potentialities of the application of a basic polycomponent classif ication of soils for mapping purposes are discussed. The approach sugg ested is based on a concept of soil cover as a complex system that can be characterized by the sets of stable features developed in the cour se of pedogenesis and inherited from soil-forming rocks, and by modern processes and regimes of soil functioning. Pedogenic and lithogenical ly inherited soil features, as well as soil regimes, have their own sp ecific regularities and are classified in different components of the basic classification of soils. They can be mapped separately on corres ponding maps. A system of such maps has an increased information capac ity and can be successfully used for solving various practical and the oretical tasks.