Keys to soil taxonomy

Foreword ................................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1: The Soils That We Classify .................................................................................. 9 Chapter 2: Differentiae for Mineral Soils and Organic Soils ............................................... 11 Chapter 3: Horizons and Characteristics Diagnostic for the Higher Categories .................. 13 Chapter 4: Identification of the Taxonomic Class of a Soil ................................................. 37 Chapter 5: Alfisols ............................................................................................................... 41 Chapter 6: Andisols ............................................................................................................. 83 Chapter 7: Aridisols ........................................................................................................... 103 Chapter 8: Entisols ............................................................................................................. 129 Chapter 9: Gelisols ............................................................................................................ 149 Chapter 10: Histosols ........................................................................................................... 159 Chapter 11: Inceptisols ........................................................................................................ 165 Chapter 12: Mollisols .......................................................................................................... 193 Chapter 13: Oxisols ............................................................................................................. 237 Chapter 14: Spodosols ......................................................................................................... 253 Chapter 15: Ultisols ............................................................................................................. 263 Chapter 16: Vertisols ............................................................................................................ 285 Chapter 17: Family and Series Differentiae and Names ...................................................... 297 Chapter 18: Designations for Horizons and Layers ............................................................. 313 Appendix ............................................................................................................................... 319 Index ..................................................................................................................................... 325