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Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech

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Taxonomic Classifications of SND (12N0010)<br />

Soil Taxonomy<br />

KST, 11th ed. 2010 Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Eutrudepts<br />

ICOMANTH (2-22-2012) Fine-silty, methanogenic, mixed, superactive, mesic Anthroportic Eutrudepts 3., 4.)<br />

WRB Haplic Cambisols (Hypereutric, Siltic, Escalic?, Transportic) 5.)<br />

1.)<br />

Soil Survey Staff. 2010. Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 11th ed. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC.<br />

IUSS Working Group WRB. 2007. World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2006, first update 2007. World Soil Resources Reports No.103. FAO, Rome.<br />

2.) Reduced iron (ferrous) is present without saturation by water. Assumption is methane is both excluding oxygen from the horizon and providing a carbon source for microbial activity.<br />

3.)<br />

4.)<br />

4th IUSS Soil Classification Conference <strong>Field</strong> Tour Guidebook<br />

Soil Survey Staff. 1999. Soil taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. 2nd edition. Natural Resources Conservation Service.<br />

U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 436<br />

The ICOMANTH classification reflects the presence of human-transported material (HTM) on a constructional anthropogenic landform (landfill).<br />

Pedon classifies in the methanogenic class since there is detectible evolution of odors (e.g., methyl mercaptan) associated with methane evolution within 100 cm of the soil surface.<br />

5.) Is the Escalic qualifier intended only for agricultural terraces?<br />

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