What is Soil classification?
[[Image:Bodenart.jpg|thumb|[[Soil type]]s]] '''Soil classification''' means that one finds categories of [[soil]]s that are based on general characteristics as well as criteria that decide about the use that is possible. Soil classification can be approached from both the perspective of [[pedogenesis]] and from [[soil morphology]]. But in both cases interpretations do not vary widely. ==Further reading== * Eswaran, H., Rice, T., Ahrens, R., & Stewart, B. A. (Eds.). (2002). Soil classification : a global desk reference. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press. * McBratney, A. B., & de Gruijter, J. J. (1992). A continuum approach to soil classification by modified fuzzy k-means with extragrades. Journal of Soil Science, 43(1), 159-175. ==Other websites== *[http://www.itc.nl/personal/rossiter/research/rsrch_ss_class.html A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information - Soil Classification for Soil Survey by D. G. Rossiter] *[http://fbe.uwe.ac.uk/public/geocal/SoilMech/classification/ Engineering soil description and classification] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051015221621/http://fbe.uwe.ac.uk/public/geocal/SoilMech/classification/ |date=2005-10-15 }} {{science-stub}} [[Category:Engineering]] [[Category:Soil]]