Title:	Soil classification as used in Brazilian soil surveys.
Authors:	CAMARGO, M. N. KLAMT, E. KAUFFMAN, J. H.
Affiliation:	MARCELO NUNES CAMARGO, CNPS; EGON KLAMT, UFRGS; J. H. KAUFFMAN, ISRIC.
Date Issued:	1987
Citation:	Wageningen: ISRIC, 1987.
Pages:	37 p.
Description:	Nature of the system; diagnostic horizons and diagnostic properties; soil classes and their definitions; correlation between soil classes of Brazilian-SNLCS, FAO and Soil Taxonomy systems. Brazilian soil science is in its infancy. In studies before 1947 soils were mainly classified in relation to parent material or geomorphological units. In 1947 a national soil science society and survey institution were founded. A programme of reconnaissance soil surveys of Brazil started with the survey of the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1954. At present the entire country has been mapped at the exploratory level, with about 20% at exploratory-reconnaissance level, plus 15% at reconnaissance level and a rather small percentage at more detailed levels.
Thesagro:	Classificação do Solo
NAL Thesaurus:	Soil classification
Notes:	Reprint from Annual Report 1896, published in 1987. Publicado também em Português: CAMARGO, M. N.; KLAMT, E.; KAUFFMAN, J. H. Sistema brasileiro de classificação de solos. Boletim Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, Campinas, v. 12, n. 1, p. 11-33, jan./abr. 1987.
Type of Material:	Folhetos
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Outras publicações (CNPS)