FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FORMATION OF SCOTTISH SOILS

Authors
PULFORD ID
Citation
Id. Pulford, FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FORMATION OF SCOTTISH SOILS, Scottish Geographical Magazine, 114(1), 1998, pp. 10-12
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Geografhy
Journal title
Scottish Geographical Magazine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00369225
Volume
114
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
10 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-9225(1998)114:1<10:FITFOS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The soil which has developed at any given location is considered to be the result of five interacting factors: parent material, time, climat e, topography and biotic factors. This paper discusses the role of the se factors in the development of Scottish soils, which fall into three broad categories: leached soils, gley soils and organic soils. The in tention is to provide a context for the case studies that follow in la ter papers.