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Soil Survey Manual
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Soil and Soil Survey
Chapter 2: Soil Systematics
Chapter 3: Examination and Description of Soils
Chapter 4: Mapping Techniques
Chapter 5: Information and Recording and Management
Chapter 6: Interpretations
Chapter 7: Disseminating Soil Survey Information
Appendices
References
List of Figures
List of Tables
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Soil Survey Manual - Chapter 3 Table of Contents
Part One
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Introduction
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Some General Terms Used in Describing Soils
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Studying Pedons
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Depth To and Thickness of Horizons and Layers
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Land Surface Configuration
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Soil Slope
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Land Surface Shape
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Vegetation
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Ground Surface Cover
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Parent Material
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Material Produced by Weathering of Rock in Place
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Transported Material
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Material Moved and Deposited by Water
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Material Moved and Deposited by Wind
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Material Moved and Deposited by Glacial Processes
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Material Moved and Deposited by Gravity
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Organic Material
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Contrasting Materials
Part Two
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Erosion
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Landslip Erosion
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Water Erosion
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Wind Erosion
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Estimating the Degree of Erosion
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Classes of Accelerated Erosion
Part Three
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Soil Water
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Inundation Classes
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Internal Classes
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Natural Drainage Classes
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Inundation Occurrence
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Internal Free Water Occurrence
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Water-State Annual Pattern
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Water Movement
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Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity
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Guidelines for Ksat Class Placement
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Infiltration
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Surface Runoff
Part Four
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Soil Temperature
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Characteristics of Soil Temperature
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Estimating Soil Temperature
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Designations for Horizons and Other Layers
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Master Horizons and Layers
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Transition and Combination Horizons
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Subordinate Distinctions Within Master Horizons and Layers
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Sample Horizons and Sequences
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Cyclic and Intermittent Horizons and Layers
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Near Surface Subzones
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Boundaries of Horizons and Layers
Part Five
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Root Restricting Depth
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Particle Size Distribution
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Soil Separates
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Soil Texture
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Organic Soils
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Rock Fragments
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Rock Fragments in the Soil
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Rock Fragments at the Surface
Part Six
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Soil Color
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Recording Guidelines
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Dominant Color
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Mottling
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Color Patterns
Part Seven
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Soil Structure
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Compound Structure
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Extra-structure Cracks
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Internal Surface Features
Part Eight
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Concentrations
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Describing Concentrations Within the Soil
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Consistence
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Rupture Resistance Block-like Specimens
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Rupture Resistance Plate-Shaped Specimens
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Plasticity
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Toughness
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Stickiness
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Manner of Failure
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Penetration Resistance
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Excavation Difficulty
Part Nine
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Roots
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Pores
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Animals
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Selected Chemical Properties
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Reaction
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Carbonates of Divalent Cations
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Salinity and Sodicity
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Salinity
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Sodicity
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Sulfates
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Sulfides
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