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Wiley InterScience

Soil Use and Management

Soil Use and Management

Volume 18 Issue 3, Pages 232 - 235

Published Online: 19 Jan 2006

Journal compilation © 2009 British Society of Soil Science



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Revised soil parameter estimates for the soil types of the world
N.H. Batjes 1
  1 International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC)/World Data Centre for Soils, P.O. Box 353, 6700 AJ Wageningen, Netherlands.
Correspondence to  E-mail: batjes@isric.nl
Copyright 2002 British Society of Soil Science
KEYWORDS
Mapping • soil types • World • environmental impact

ABSTRACT

Abstract. A revised set of physical and chemical parameter estimates is presented for the soil units of the world, as described by the two FAO soil legends (version 1974 and 1988). The study is based on 9607 soil profiles, which include profiles held in version 1.0 of the WISE database. Upon a screening of data integrity and comparability of analytical methods, derived statistics were generated for 28 soil chemical and physical attributes identified as being useful for assessment of land suitability, crop growth simulation datasets, and analyses of global environmental change.


December 2001, March 2002

DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI)
10.1111/j.1475-2743.2002.tb00244.x About DOI

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