Soil Description Handbook - Revised Edition

J D G Milne, B Clayden, P L Singleton, & A D Wilson

The Soil Description Handbook provides standardised methods and defined terminology for the description of soil and site features in New Zealand. The scheme is a comprehensive description system, that can also be used for recording a more limited range of soil and site data.

This revised edition includes minor amendments and additions, based mainly on recommendations by New Zealand pedologists involved in soil description or in teaching.

New tables, figures, and flow diagrams are included, and the horizon notation system for New Zealand soils has been added as an appendix.

The handbook has been specifically designed for the storage of soil information in computer databases. To this end, reference code sheets and soil description cards are included in a pocket in the back of the book.

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Author: J D G Milne, B Clayden, P L Singleton, & A D Wilson
ISBN: 978-0-47-804549-9
Publisher: Manaaki Whenua Press
Publication date: 1995
Pages: 157
Format: Paperback