Monday, February 28, 2011

12 Soil Order

This is the 12 soil orders from all over the world. The most prominent type of soil that is in GA is inceptisols. Here is a picture of that Soil: 


When a person takes a sample of soil they will take the Munsell color chart and try to determine the hue, chrona, and value of the soil from the color chart. This can come in handy when someone is trying to determine what crop would be best to plant there. This is the link to the Munsell soil color chart online. It shows the different colors of soils and how each of their hues, values, and chronas change based on their individual color. 

This is a soil map of the state of Georgia. This link is one to a Soil Texture Dichotemus Key. Where it will show a person how to describe what kind of soil that one may have. The next picture is one of the soil texture diagram pyramid. This picture shows what type of soil that one might encounter when they have it in front of them. 



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