Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning

2010 Edition
| Editors: Klaus-Jürgen Evert, Edward B. Ballard (deceased), David J. Elsworth, Icíar Oquiñena, Jean-Marie Schmerber, Robert E. Stipe (deceased)

5812 soil series [n] [US]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76435-9_13291

pedol. (1. Lowest class of soils in the United States Comprehensive Soil Classification System, which have horizons similar in differentiating characteristics and arrangement in the soil profile; RCG 1982, WPG 1976); syn. soil taxonomic unit [n] (RCG 1982, 161), soil taxon [n]; 2. soil phase [n] [US] (Subdivision of a soil taxonomic unit, usually a soil series or other unit of classification based on characteristics that affect the use and management of the soil, the degree of slope, degree of erosion, content of stones, etc.; WPG 1976);s serie [f] de suelos (En la clasificación de los EE.UU., la unidad taxonómica inferior del sistema); syn. unidad [f] taxonómica pedológica; f sous-groupe [m] de sols (F., dernière subdivision dans la nomenclature de classification des sols ; U.S., la plus petite unité taxinomique de sol pouvant être cartographiée, dénommée d’après le lieu où elle est caractérisée) ; syn. classification US série [f] de sol ; g Bodentyp [m] (2) (U.S., Lokale Bodenformen...

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