Download or read book Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources written by NJ McKenzie and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2008-04-07 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources promotes the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia. These surveys are primarily field operations that aim to identify, describe, map and evaluate the various kinds of soil or land resources in specific areas. The advent of geographic information systems, global positioning systems, airborne gamma radiometric remote sensing, digital terrain analysis, simulation modelling, efficient statistical analysis and internet-based delivery of information has dramatically changed the scene in the past two decades. As successor to the Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbook: Guidelines for Conducting Surveys, this authoritative guide incorporates these new methods and techniques for supporting natural resource management. Soil and land resource surveyors, engineering and environmental consultants, commissioners of surveys and funding agencies will benefit from the practical information provided on how best to use the new technologies that have been developed, as will professionals in the spatial sciences such as geomorphology, ecology and hydrology.
Download or read book Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources written by Neil McKenzie and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2008 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides guidelines to promote the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia.
Download or read book Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbook written by R. H. Gunn and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook written by National Committee on Soil and Terrain, and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook specifies methods and terminology for soil and land surveys. It has been widely used throughout Australia, providing one reference set of definitions for the characterisation of landform, vegetation, land surface, soil and substrate. The book advocates that a comprehensive suite of land and soil attributes be recorded in a uniform manner. This approach is more useful than the allocation of land or soil to preconceived types or classes. The third edition includes revised chapters on location and vegetation as well as some new landform elements. These updates have been guided by the National Committee on Soil and Terrain, a steering committee comprising representatives from key federal, state and territory land resource assessment agencies. Essential reading for all professionals involved in land resource surveys, this book will also be of value to students and educators in soil science, geography, ecology, agriculture, forestry, resource management, planning, landscape architecture and engineering.
Download or read book The Australian Soil Classification written by , National Committee on Soil and Terrain and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Australian Soil Classification provides a framework for organising knowledge about Australian soils by allocating soils to classes via a key. Since its publication in 1996, this book has been widely adopted and formally endorsed as the official national system. It has provided a means of communication among scientists and land managers and has proven to be of particular value in land resource survey and research programs, environmental studies and education. Classification is a basic requirement of all science and needs to be periodically revised as knowledge increases. This Second Edition of The Australian Soil Classification includes updates from a working group of the National Committee on Soil and Terrain (NCST), especially in regards to new knowledge about acid sulfate soils (sulfidic materials). Modifications include expanding the classification to incorporate different kinds of sulfidic materials, the introduction of subaqueous soils as well as new Vertosol subgroups, new Hydrosol family criteria and the consistent use of the term reticulate. All soil orders except for Ferrosols and Sodosols are affected by the changes.
Download or read book Guidelines for Soil Description written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soils are affected by human activities, such as industrial, municipal and agriculture, that often result in soil degradation and loss. In order to prevent soil degradation and to rehabilitate the potentials of degraded soils, reliable soil data are the most important prerequisites for the design of appropriate land-use systems and soil management practices as well as for a better understanding of the environment. The availability of reliable information on soil morphology and other characteristics obtained through examination and description of the soil in the field is essential, and the use of a common language is of prime importance. These guidelines, based on the latest internationally accepted systems and classifications, provide a complete procedure for soil description and for collecting field data. To help beginners, some explanatory notes are included as well as keys based on simple test and observations.--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Guidelines for Evaluating the Adequacy of Soil Resource Inventories written by T. Forbes and published by Cornell University, Department of Agronomy. This book was released on 1987 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidelines for Land use Planning written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Soil Resources, Management, and Conservation Service and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword. Nature and scope. Overview of the planning process. Steps in land-use planning. Methods and sources.
Download or read book Soil Physical Measurement and Interpretation for Land Evaluation written by Keppel Coughlan and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2002-11-26 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil physical measurements are essential for solving many natural resource management problems. This operational laboratory and field handbook provides, for the first time, a standard set of methods that are cost-effective and well suited to land resource survey. It provides: *practical guidelines on the soil physical measurements across a range of soils, climates and land uses; *straightforward descriptions for each method (including common pitfalls) that can be applied by people with a rudimentary knowledge of soil physics, and *guidelines on the interpretation of results and integration with land resource assessment. Soil Physical Measurement And Interpretation for Land Evaluation begins with an introduction to land evaluation and then outlines procedures for field sampling. Twenty detailed chapters cover pore space relations, water retention, hydraulic conductivity, water table depth, dispersion, aggregation, particle size, shrinkage, Atterburg limits and strength. The book includes procedures for estimating soil physical properties from more readily available data and shows how soil physical data can be integrated into land planning and management decisions.
Download or read book Statistical Methods in Soil and Land Resource Survey written by Richard Webster and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantitative description of variable material; Sampling and estimation; Generalization, prediction, and classification; Relations between variables: covariance and correlation; Regression; Relations between indivuduals: similarity; Ordination; Analysis of dispersion and discrimination; Numerical classification: hirarchical systems; Numerical classification: non-hierarchical methods; Spatial dependence; Nested sampling and analysis; Local estimation: kriging; Appendix: matrix methods and notation.
Download or read book Australian Soil and Land Survey written by Ronald C. McDonald and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook specifies methods, standards and terminology for the description of sites in the field. It provides Australia with one set of definitions and has been designed for field use. This edition has been revised and contains a number of new sections. The book is aimed at students and educators in soil science, geography, ecology, agriculture, forestry, resource management, planning, landscape architecture and engineering.
Download or read book Soil Chemical Methods written by G. E. Rayment and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2011 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes over 200 laboratory and field chemical tests relevant to Australasia and beyond.
Download or read book Advances in Agronomy written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial. Maintains the highest impact factor among serial publications in agriculture Presents timely reviews on important agronomy issues Enjoys a long-standing reputation for excellence in the field
Download or read book Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management written by Paulo Pereira and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management is the first reference to address the use of soil mapping and modeling for sustainability from both a theoretical and practical perspective. The use of more powerful statistical techniques are increasing the accuracy of maps and reducing error estimation, and this text provides the information necessary to utilize the latest techniques, as well as their importance for land use planning. Providing practical examples to help illustrate the application of soil process modeling and maps, this reference is an essential tool for professionals and students in soil science and land management who want to bridge the gap between soil modeling and sustainable land use planning. Offers both a theoretical and practical approach to soil mapping and its uses in land use management for sustainability Synthesizes the most up-to-date research on soil mapping techniques and applications Provides an interdisciplinary approach from experts worldwide working in soil mapping and land management
Download or read book List of Published Soil Surveys written by United States. Soil Conservation Service and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soil Survey Manual New Revised Ed written by Usda and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, specially prepared for soil scientistsand engineers, offers comprehensivecoverage of basic soil concepts, systematics,mapping and examination procedures forsoils. The Manual is universally useful andis the primary reference on principles andtechnical detail for local, State and Federalcontributions to authorized soil surveys.Soil scientists concerned with soil surveysin other countries have used it as well.Teachers have used it both as a text and as areference for students.
Download or read book Australian Soil and Land Survey written by R. C. McDonald and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in a series of three volumes which sets out standards of terminology, guidelines for conducting surveys, and methods of laboratory practice for the survey of all components of land resources. This particular volume is designed for describing land sites in the field and supersedes the 1984 edition.
