Appraisal of World Reference Base for Soil Resources—from a nordic point of view
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9849641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mogens Humlekrog Greve (0000-0001-9099-8940, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, corresponding author), Markku Yli-Halla (b Agricultural Research Centre of Finland (MTT) , FIN-31600 , Jokioinen , Finland), Markku Yli‐Halla (0000-0002-8062-7019, Agrifood Research Finland), Aage A Nyborg (c Norwegian Institute of Land Inventory (NIJOS) , P.O. Box 115, N-1430 , Ås , Norway), Ingrid Öborn (0000-0003-3847-6082, d Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) , P.O. Box 7014, SE-750 07 , Uppsala , Sweden) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-26 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7223 • E-ISSN: 1903-2471 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00167223.2000.10649435 |
| OpenAlex | W2319939408 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
During the project “Nordic Reference Soils” 13 different soils from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden were selected in order to represent i) soils covering the main areas of the Nordic area, ii) soils from the different climatic regions, and iii) environmental sensitive soils. The 13 Nordic Reference Soils provided an excellent basis for the evaluation of the WRB (World Reference Base for Soil Resources) performance under Nordic conditions. Classification according to the WRB poses considerable problems. These concern podzolized soils, cultivated soils, and the acid sulfate soils. Only three out of the seven podzolized soils are allocated in taxons reflecting that they were podzolized. Four out of the nine cultivated soils were exposed to substantial anthropogenic impact, resulting in man-made Mollic A-horizons, which is not reflected in the classification. The WRB-classification of the soils is compared with the FAO and Soil Taxonomy classification. This highlighted some of the classification problems. This paper will propose changes to the WRB in order to improve the performance of the system for Nordic soils. Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 100: 15–26
Earth science · Soil classification · Soil series · Soil water · USDA soil taxonomy · Environmental Science · Geology · Soil and Unsaturated Flow · Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics · Soil Geostatistics and Mapping · Soil Science
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |