Soil Science

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Welcome to c/soilscience @ slrpunk.net!

A science based community to discuss and learn all things related to soils.

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Notice Board

This is a work in progress, please don't mind the mess.

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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.

Rules

1. Don't throw mud. Be kind and remember the human.
2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
3. Please use a tag.
4. No spam.
5. Memes are welcome, but the focus of this community is science-based

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Resources

Blogs

• Wonder of Soil

Careers

• Geoarchaeology

Chemistry

• Secondary and micronutrient availability by pH
• Secondary and micro nutrients availability by pH line graph
• Common Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms on Leaves Infographic

Classification

• USDA Soil Classification System

Maps & Datasets

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

• USDA web soil survey

World

• Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas
• ISRIC World Soil Information
• Soil Grids 250m 2.0

Soil Contamination:

• Cornell Guide to Testing Contaminated Soils
• CCME Soil Guidelines for Contaminants
• Wikipedia Lists of Hyperaccumulators for Bioremediation

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