Relating the South African soil taxonomy to the World Reference Base for soil resources

The South African Taxonomic soil classification system (SAT) is well established and utilised in South Africa. However, it is not internationally well known and therefore the need arose to provide a tool by which South African soil taxonomists can convert South African soil classifications and profi...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: van Huyssteen, Cornie
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description The South African Taxonomic soil classification system (SAT) is well established and utilised in South Africa. However, it is not internationally well known and therefore the need arose to provide a tool by which South African soil taxonomists can convert South African soil classifications and profile descriptions to the international classifications of the World Reference Base (WRB) for soil resources. The diagnostics and tacit knowledge presented in this publication are therefore based on the SAT and the WRB. When necessary, further substantiation was derived from the Land Type Survey of South Africa. The adopted procedure is effective in providing a reasonable classification based on the South African soil forms and families, while excluding certain WRB soil groups and qualifiers, because these are irrelevant to South African taxonomy. Lastly, this publication also highlights some peculiarities, omissions and inconsistencies observed between the SAT and WRB.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-960532025-07-17T12:15:23Z Relating the South African soil taxonomy to the World Reference Base for soil resources van Huyssteen, Cornie World Reference Base (WRB) USDA Soil Taxonomy soil classification systems diagnostic horizons dystrophic mesotrophic eutrophic organic O horizon base saturation South African soil taxonomy thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere::RBGB Sedimentology and pedology thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere::RBGB Sedimentology and pedology The South African Taxonomic soil classification system (SAT) is well established and utilised in South Africa. However, it is not internationally well known and therefore the need arose to provide a tool by which South African soil taxonomists can convert South African soil classifications and profile descriptions to the international classifications of the World Reference Base (WRB) for soil resources. The diagnostics and tacit knowledge presented in this publication are therefore based on the SAT and the WRB. When necessary, further substantiation was derived from the Land Type Survey of South Africa. The adopted procedure is effective in providing a reasonable classification based on the South African soil forms and families, while excluding certain WRB soil groups and qualifiers, because these are irrelevant to South African taxonomy. Lastly, this publication also highlights some peculiarities, omissions and inconsistencies observed between the SAT and WRB. 2023-01-13T04:14:09Z 2023-01-13T04:14:09Z 2023-01-12T13:59:22Z 2020 book ONIX_20230112_9781928424666_33 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60651 9781928424673 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/96053 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60651/6/document.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60651/6/document.pdf UJ Press UJ Press 10.18820/9781928424666 10.18820/9781928424666 3162fe88-25cb-4a0f-8540-52215ef36bf0 9781928424673 UJ Press 134 Bloemfontein open access
spellingShingle World Reference Base (WRB)
USDA Soil Taxonomy
soil classification systems
diagnostic horizons
dystrophic
mesotrophic
eutrophic
organic O horizon
base saturation
South African soil taxonomy
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere::RBGB Sedimentology and pedology
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere::RBGB Sedimentology and pedology
van Huyssteen, Cornie
Relating the South African soil taxonomy to the World Reference Base for soil resources
title Relating the South African soil taxonomy to the World Reference Base for soil resources
title_full Relating the South African soil taxonomy to the World Reference Base for soil resources
title_fullStr Relating the South African soil taxonomy to the World Reference Base for soil resources
title_full_unstemmed Relating the South African soil taxonomy to the World Reference Base for soil resources
title_short Relating the South African soil taxonomy to the World Reference Base for soil resources
title_sort relating the south african soil taxonomy to the world reference base for soil resources
topic World Reference Base (WRB)
USDA Soil Taxonomy
soil classification systems
diagnostic horizons
dystrophic
mesotrophic
eutrophic
organic O horizon
base saturation
South African soil taxonomy
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere::RBGB Sedimentology and pedology
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere::RBGB Sedimentology and pedology
topic_facet World Reference Base (WRB)
USDA Soil Taxonomy
soil classification systems
diagnostic horizons
dystrophic
mesotrophic
eutrophic
organic O horizon
base saturation
South African soil taxonomy
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere::RBGB Sedimentology and pedology
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere::RBGB Sedimentology and pedology
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