Original: 1997 It is the major topic of the science of pedology, whose other aspects include the soil morphology, classification (taxonomy) of soils,  and their distribution in nature,  present and  past (soil geography and paleopedology).
Simplified: Pedogenesis is the major topic of the science of pedology, whose other aspects include the soil morphology, classification (taxonomy) of soils,  and their distribution in nature,  present and  past (soil geography and paleopedology).