Guidelines for soil description
Crops 13 Human influence 13 Vegeta tion 16 Parent material 16 ... Field soil pH 41 Soil odour 42 Andic characteristics and volcanic glasses 42 Procedure 42 ... Classification of moisture status of soil 50 58. Field estimation of bulk density for mineral soils 51 59. Field estimation of volume of solids and bulk density of peat soils 52
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