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Canadian Soil Information System
Information on soil surveys and analysis but also on the Environmental Sustainablility of Canadian Agriculture.
http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/intro.html
Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO)
Digitized soil maps. Designed for use by landowners, townships, and county natural resource planning and management.
http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/ssur_data.html
Soils of Canada
Online maps.
http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/slc/webmap.html
Soil profiles of Europe
Pictures and descriptions of commen soil types found in Central Europe.
http://www.soilscience.uni-goettingen.de/en/soilsidx.html
Soil Survey of the State of Hawaii
Soil maps and details for all Hawaiian islands.
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/soilsurvey/soils.htm
Global Soil Regions
Map showing world wide distribution of soil types.
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/worldsoils/mapindex/
NRCS Soil Survey
Lists soil surveys, survey programs, soil survey technology, standards, data and references.
http://soils.usda.gov/survey/
Distribution Maps of Dominant Soil Orders
Maps showing U.S. land area in different soilorders.
http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/orders/
Swedish National Survey of Forest Soils and Vegetation
A long term inventory of permanent sample plots of the Swedish National Forest. Short english summary, the details are in Swedish.
http://www-sml.slu.se/sk/skeng.htm
NRCS Soils Gallery
Contains representative pictures of soil orders plus profile and landscape pictures of more specific soils.
http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/
Texture AutoLookup
TAL is a group of programs to determine soil texture classes based on major soil classification schemes (USDA, UK, Canada, International and others).
http://www.agri.upm.edu.my/~chris/tal/
Soils of Israel
A set of images to illustrate the soils of the aridic part of Israel. Includes a description list of the soil groups in English and Hebrew. Also available is a conversion table from Dan's to both the USDA and FAO classification systems.
http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/IALC/soils/israel/israel.html
Soil Map of Ireland
In color or black and white.
http://www.ucd.ie/~agmet/Publications/Atlas/Soils_colour.html
FAO - Soil Unit Classification Scheme
http://www.gsf.de/UFIS/ufis/thesaur/soil.html
Washington State Soils
Interactive maps and pictures.
http://remotesens.css.wsu.edu/washingtonsoil/index.htm
The Australian Soil Classification
Explains classification schemes in general. Detailed description of australian soil types with glossary and references. Based on a book by the CSIRO.
http://www.cbr.clw.csiro.au/aclep/asc/soilhome.htm
Soil Survey Information for Massachusetts and New England
Featuring soil information, ground penetrating radar, GIS, and soil profile photos.
http://nesoil.com/index.html
Soil Map of Italy
An ongoing project to develop a updated soil map.
http://web.tiscali.it/adanto/forum/english/eforumhome.htm
Soil Micromorphology Links
Micromorphology is the branch of soil science that is concerned with the description, interpretation and the measurement of components, features and fabrics in soils at a microscopic level.
http://www.soils.org/divs/s9/micromorph/micro.html
Are Laterites Caused by the Alkaline Gut of Termites?
It is proposed that latisols (ultisols) are caused by the extremely alkaline midgut of humus eating termites.
http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/laterite.html
Bulk Density Determination
Detailed description to determine the bulk density of soil.
http://www.geology.iupui.edu/research/SoilsLab/procedures/bulk/Index.htm
Soils Data
Data and other resources on soils, soil taxonomy, U.S. soil surveys, related topics.
http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/soils_data.html
The Soils of Pennsylvania
Maps and description.
http://agguide.agronomy.psu.edu/CM/Sec1/sec11a.htm
Soil Survey Map of the Maritime Provinces
Canada.
http://www.gov.nf.ca/agric/pubfact/Fertility/figure2.jpg
Soils of New Brunswick
Canada. Soil surveys and maps from CanSIS.
http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/nb/index.html
Soil surveys of Ontario
Canada. List of surveys and maps.
http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/on/index.html
Vertisols
Properties, classification, distribution and management.
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/worldsoils/vertisols/vert-text.html
Soil Resource Database for Saskatchewan
This database provides information on physical and chemical attributes of the soil, landscape characteristics, and interpretive data.
http://interactive.usask.ca/ski/agriculture/soils/soilmap/index.html
Canadian Soil Classification
A taxonomy of soils.
http://interactive.usask.ca/ski/agriculture/soils/soilclass/soilclass_can.html
The Twelve Soil Orders
This system for classifying soils is one of the most widely used soil classification systems in the world. The Site has a collection of information and images to illustrate the distribution, properties, ecological significance, and use of these 12 soil orders.
http://soils.ag.uidaho.edu/soilorders/
Soils of Canada
A collection of soil profiles representing the twenty Great Groups in the Canadian System of Soil Classification. Includes descriptions of soils and plants of Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone and the Engelmann Spruce-Subalpine Fir Biogeoclimatic Zone. Many pictures.
http://web.unbc.ca/~quarles/nres/soc/soc.htm
Dedcoastland
The Mediterranean scientific network research on soil degradation and conservation, land use, desertification and erosion.
http://medcoastland.iamb.it
Major Soils of Tuapaka Farm, New Zealand
Information, soil characterization and description and soil use. From Massey University. Photos.
http://soils-earth.massey.ac.nz/tuapaka/tuapaka.htm
Soil Survey Photography
Principles and Techniques is a presentation on Soil Survey photography. [PowerPoint Presentation]
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Photography/phtgrphy.ppt
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