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Prefaces
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Soil, Pedon, Control Section, and Soil Horizons
Chapter 3 Outline of the System and a Key to the Classification of a Pedon.
Chapter 4 Brunisolic Order
Chapter 5 Chernozemic Order
Chapter 6 Cryosolic Order
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Chapter 7 Gleysolic Order
Chapter 8 Luvisolic Order
Chapter 9 Organic Order
Chapter 10 Podzolic Order
Chapter 11 Regosolic Order
Chapter 12 Solonetzic Order
Chapter 13 Vertisolic Order
Chapter 14 Soil Family and Series
Chapter 15 Soil Phase
Chapter 16 Correlation of Canadian Soil Taxonomy with Other Systems
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Chapter 17 Terminology for Describing Soils
Chapter 18 Landform Classification
References
Figures
Tables
Source : The Canadian System of Soil
Chapter 1 Introduction
- History of Soil Classification in
Canada
- The early years, 1914-1940
- From 1940 to 1996
- Rationale of Soil Taxonomy in
Canada
- The nature of soil
- Nature and purpose of soil
classification
- Misconceptions about
soil taxonomy
- Attributes of the Canadian
system
- Bases of criteria for defining
taxa at various categorical levels
- Relationship of taxonomic
classes to environments
- Relationship of the
Canadian system to other systems of soil taxonomy
- The nature of soil
- Summary
Chapter 2 Soil, Pedon, Control Section, and Soil Horizons
- Soil and Nonsoil
- Pedon, the Basic Unit of
Soil
- Control Section
- Soil Horizons and Other
Layers
- Mineral horizons and
layers
- Lowercase
suffixes
- Named diagnostic horizons and
layers of mineral soils
- Organic
horizons
- Named layers and materials
of Organic soils
- Tests for distinguishing organic
layers
- von Post scale of
decomposition
- Rules concerning horizon and
layer designations
- Need for precise definitions of horizons and layers
- Mineral horizons and
layers
Chapter 3 Outline of the System and a Key to the Classification of a Pedon.
- Outline of the
System
- Classifying a
Pedon
- Key to Soil Orders
- Key to Soil Great
Groups
- Key to Soil Subgroups
Chapter 4 Brunisolic Order
- Distinguishing Brunisolic
Soils from Soils of Other Orders
- Melanic Brunisol
- Eutric Brunisol
- SombricBrunisol
- Dystric Brunisol
Chapter 5 Chernozemic Order
- Distinguishing Chernozemic
Soils from Soils of Other Orders
- Brown Chernozem
- Dark Brown
Chernozem
- Black Chernozem
- Dark Gray Chernozem
Chapter 6 Cryosolic Order
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Chapter 7 Gleysolic Order
- Distinguishing Gleysolic
Soils from Soils of Other Orders
- Luvic Gleysol
- Humic Gleysol
- Gleysol
Chapter 8 Luvisolic Order
- Distinguishing Luvisolic
Soils from Soils of Other Orders
- Gray Brown
Luvisol
- Gray Luvisol
Chapter 9 Organic Order
- Distinguishing Organic
Soils from Soils of Other Orders
- Fibrisol
- Mesisol
- Humisol
- Folisol
Chapter 10 Podzolic Order
- Distinguishing
Podzolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
- Humic Podzol
- Ferro-Humic Podzol
- Humo-Ferric Podzol
Chapter 11 Regosolic Order
- Distinguishing
Regosolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
- Regosol
- Humic Regosol
Chapter 12 Solonetzic Order
- Distinguishing
Solonetzic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
- Solonetz
- Solodized
Solonetz
- Solod
- Vertic Solonetz
Chapter 13 Vertisolic Order
- Distinguishing
Vertisolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
- Vertisol
- Humic Vertisol
Chapter 14 Soil Family and Series
- Family Criteria and Guidelines for Mineral Soils
- Family Criteria and Guidelines for Organic Soils
- Nomenclature for Soil Families
- Soil Series
Chapter 15 Soil Phase
- Slope
- Water Erosion
- Wind Erosion
- Soil Deposition
- Stoniness
- Rock Outcrop
- Folic
- Peaty
- Cryic
- Cryoturbated
- Other Differentiae
Chapter 16 Correlation of Canadian Soil Taxonomy with Other Systems
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Chapter 17 Terminology for Describing Soils
- Example of a Pedon Description
Chapter 18 Landform Classification
- History
- Scope
- Objectives
- Genetic Materials
- Material
Modifiers
- Surface Expression
- Slope
- Modifying
Processes
- Qualifying
Descriptors
- Mapping Conventions
References
Figures
- Pedon of Orthic Turbic Cryosol in area of nonsorted circles
- Pedon of Gleyed Vertic Black Chernozem with tonguing Ah horizon
- Pedon of Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzols tropic phase, in hummocky terrain due to blowdown of trees
- Orthic Melanic Brunisol, Ontario
- Eluviated Eutric Brunisol, British Columbia
- Eluviated Dystric Brunisol, Saskatchewan
- Orthic Brown Chernozem, Alberta
- Orthic Black Chernozem, Alberta
- Orthic Eutric Turbic Cryosol, Northwest Territories
- Brunisolic Dystric Static Cryosol, Northwest Territories
- Glacic Organic Cryosol, Northwest Territories
- Orthic Humic Gleysol, Ontario
- Rego Gleysol, peaty phase, Ontario
- Fera Gleysol, Ontario
- Orthic Gray Brown Luvisol, Ontario
- Orthic Gray Luvisol, Alberta
- Mesic Fibrisol, Alberta
- Humic Mesisol, British Columbia
- Orthic Humic Podzol, Newfoundland
- Orthic Ferro-Humic Podzol, Quebec
- Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol, Nova Scotia
- Orthic Regosol, Northwest Territories
- Cumulic Regosol, Northwest Territories
- Brown Solodized Solonetz, Saskatchewan
- Brown Solod, Saskatchewan
- Orthic Humic Vertisol, Manitoba
- Orthic Vertisol, Saskatchewan
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Brunisolic order
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Chernozemic order
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Cryosolic
- Schematic representation of horizon pattern in some Turbic subgroups of the Cryosolic order
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Gleysolic order
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Luvisolic order
- Diagrammatic representation of depth relationships in the control section used to classify Fibrisol, Mesisol, and Humisol great groups
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Fibrisol, Mesisol, and Humisol great groups
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Folisol great group
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Podzolic order
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of The Regosolic order
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Solonetzic order
- Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Vertisolic order
- Family particle-size classes triangle and soil texture classes triangle
- Soil texture classes triangle
- Types, kinds, and classes of soil structure
- Colluvial material
- Eolian material
- Fluvial material
- Lacustrine material
- Thin marine sands over marine clays in the background have been deranged by progressive rotational flow slides in the foreground
- Morainal material
- Colluvial apron at the base of Nahanni Butte, N.W.T
- Hummocky eolian material, active and stabilized sand dunes in Prince Edward Island
- Fluvial fan in the foreground, Carcajou Lake, N.W.T
- Fluvial apron in the midground, Carcajou Canyon, N.W.T
- Ridged and hummocky glaciofluvial material, Kamloops, B.C
- Undulating glaciofluvial material, eastern New Brunswick
- Morainal blanket over undulating bedrock, eastern Quebec
- Hummocky and ridged morainal material in the midground and background, Kamloops, B.C
- Ridged morainal material. The lines of trees mark the swales between parallel ridges, southern Ontario
- Rolling morainal material, southeastern Alberta
- Undulating morainal material, southern Sask
- Morainal veneer over rolling bedrock, Vancouver Island, B.C
- Hummocky glaciolacustrine material, Biggar, Sask
- Level lacustrine material, southwestern Ontario
- A lacustrine terrace dissected by streams between a river and hills, Kamloops, B.C
- Undulating marine landform marks the remnants of ancient clay flow slides, Pontiac County, Que
- Thin marine veneer over level bedrock, Grande-Anse, N.B
- Marine veneer and blanket over hummocky bedrock, Montmagny, Que
- The domed bog in the midground has mainly sphagnum vegetation, Sibbeston Lake, N.W.T
- Plateaus in this bog are marked by the light brown vegetation with sparse tree cover. The flat, reddish brown areas are sedge-covered fens, Norman Wells, N.W.T
- The horizontal fen in the foreground is dominated by sedge vegetation, Manitoba
- The ribbed fen has sedge vegetation broken by low ridges where spruce trees grow, Fort Simpson, N.W.T
- On-site landform symbols
Tables
- Strongly contrasting particle sizes
- Key to mineralogy classes
- Soil temperature classes
- Soil moisture subclasses
- Moisture subclasses as applied to Organic soils
- Correlation of horizon definitions and designations
- Correlation of United States and FAO diagnostic horizons with nearest Canadian equivalents
- Taxonomic correlation at the Canadian order and great group levels
- Terminology for various shapes and sizes of coarse fragments
- Types and classes of soil structure
Source : The Canadian System of Soil
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