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Faculty/Instructor

Deana Namuth-Covert
Professor, Director of Online Education and Outreach, The Ohio State University; Agronomy & Horticulture Adjunct Professor, University of Nebraska
dcovert2@unl.edu

Soil Genesis and Development, Lesson 5 - Soil Classification and Geography

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This lesson discusses the characteristics of the 12 soil orders defined by the USDA soil classification system, the major factors involved with their formation, and their geographic distribution across the USA and the world.

5.0 - Credits, Tips, and References

Tim Kettler
Assistant Professor
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Bill Zanner
Assistant Professor
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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References

Brady, N.C., and R. R. Weil. 2008. The Nature and Properties of Soil, 14^th edition. Pearson Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA, 07458.

USDA-NRCS. Soil Classification - NRCS Soils. Revised 03/21/2008. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Accessed January 6, 2009. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/home/?cid=nrcs142p2_053557

Soil Survey Staff. 2003. Keys To Soil Taxonomy. 9^thedition. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Soil Survey Staff. 1999. Soil Taxonomy: A Basic System Of Soil Classification For Making And Interpreting Soil Surveys. 2nd edition. Natural Resources Conservation Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 436.

This lesson was developed by Martha Mamo, Timothy Kettler, and Dennis McCallister at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jim Ippolito Research Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS-NWISRL, Kimberly, Idaho, formerly at Colorado State University ; Ron Reuter at Oregon State University; Christoph Geiss at Trinity College-Connecticut; and William Zanner at the University of Minnesota. Development of this lesson was supported by the National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program (NSF-CCLI), Award Number DUE-0042603. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of NSF.

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This project was supported in part by the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants CAP project 2011-68002-30029 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, adminstered by the University of California-Davis and by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education, National SMETE Digital Library Program, Award #0938034, administered by the University of Nebraska. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USDA or NSF.

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