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A science based community to discuss and learn all things related to soils.
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Subdisciplines of soil science include:
- Soil Taxonomy & mapping
- Soil Fertility & Organic Amendments
- Soil Chemistry & Remediation
- Soil Mineralogy
- Soil Physics
- Soil Biology
These subdisciplines are used by various other disciplines, particularly those related to reclamation, remediation, and agriculture.
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Chemistry
- Secondary and micronutrient availability by pH
- Secondary and micro nutrients availability by pH line graph
- Common Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms on Leaves Infographic
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Canada
- Canadian System of Soil Classificaiton
- 1982 Canadian Manual for Describing Soils in the Field
- Alberta Soil Quality Criteria Relative to Disturbance this one is widely used across Canada
- Best management practices for conservation of reclamation materials in the mineable oil sands region of Alberta - a good guide to basic reclamation and revegetation BMPs
Europe
- Agrifood Soilscapes (UK)
- Datasets from the BGS (UK)
- Datasets from the James Sutton Institute (UK)
- Scotland Environment Soil Maps
- Soil Atlas of Europe
- UK Geochemical Atlas
- UK Soil Observatory
United States
World
Soil Contamination:
- Cornell Guide to Testing Contaminated Soils
- CCME Soil Guidelines for Contaminants
- Wikipedia Lists of Hyperaccumulators for Bioremediation
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