137-3 Soil Series As a Central Pedological Concept.
Poster Number 912
See more from this Division: SSSA Division: PedologySee more from this Session: Fundamental Changes in Soil Taxonomy: II (includes student competition)
We propose that a modern re-examination of soil series information could help address several of the long-standing critiques of soil survey: consistency across survey vintage and political divisions and more robust estimates of soil properties and associated uncertainty. A new library of soil series data would include classic narratives describing morphology and management, quantitative descriptions of soil properties and their ranges, graphical depiction of the relationships between associated soil series, block diagrams illustrating soil-landscape models, maps of series distribution, and a probabilistic representation of a "typical" soil profile. These data would be derived from re-correlation of existing morphologic and characterization data informed by modern statistical methods and regional expertise.
See more from this Session: Fundamental Changes in Soil Taxonomy: II (includes student competition)