Australian soil and land survey
Subtitle: field handbook
By: The National Committee on Soil and Terrain
Contributors: CSIRO Publishing; Knovel (Firm)
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Australian soil and land survey handbook handbook series -- v. 1
Publisher: CSIRO Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Collingwood, Vic
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781613443347
Subjects: Vegetation classification; Classification; Land use surveys; Soil surveys; Landforms; Handbooks, manuals
Description: "This handbook specifies methods, standards and terminology used in soil and land survey investigations related to practical problems of land use and the scientific study of land and soil. It has been widely used and adopted as a standard throughout Australia, providing one reference set of definitions for the characterisation of landform and vegetation and for the description of soils. The book advocates that a comprehensive suite of land and soil attributes be recorded in a uniform manner. This approach is held to be more useful than the allocation of land or soil to preconceived types or classes. Its usefulness is enhanced where computer facilities are available. This revised edition contains significant changes to the Vegetation chapter and revisions to the Location chapter bringing it up-to-date with the use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and changes to the Substrate chapter relating to the regolith."--Provided by publisher.

Contains significant changes to the Vegetation chapter and revisions to the Location chapter bringing it up-to-date with the use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and changes to the Substrate chapter relating to the regolith.
Notes: "First edition 1984; second edition 1990"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Norwich, N.Y. : Knovel, 2011. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to users at licensed institutions. Includes interactive index.

"Prepared under the auspices of the National Committee on Soil and Terrain with funding and support from CSIRO, the Natural Heritage Trust and the Bureau of Rural Sciences."--P. [ix].
Table of contents: title: Purpose and use of handbook / J.G. Speight and R.F. Isbell; title: The site concept / J.G. Speight and R.C. McDonald; title: Location / L.J. Gregory, R.C. McDonald and R.F. Isbell; title: General / R.C. McDonald and R.F. Isbell; title: Landform / J.G. Speight; title: Vegetation / R.J. Hnatiuk, R. Thackway and J. Walker; title: Land surface / R.C. McDonald, R.F. Isbell and J.G. Speight; title: Soil profile / R.C. McDonald and R.F. Isbell; title: Substrate / J.G. Speight and R.F. Isbell; title: App. 1: Soil taxonomic units / R.F. Isbell and R.C. McDonald.