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Description
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Description
The Australian Soil Classification – An Interactive Key is a unique and invaluable reference tool that enables you to allocate soil profiles to any level of the official Australian Soil Classification. This powerful electronic system enables soil classes to be identified even when field and laboratory data are incomplete, and will allow for uncertainties and mistakes. It includes extensive notes and colour illustrations and photographs. You do not require specialist knowledge to use the Interactive Key for reliably allocating soils to classes. The package comes with a tutorial, which takes you step-by-step through the process of allocating a soil profile with this innovative system.
The authors bring together a wealth of experience in land-resource survey and soil classification. The Interactive Key has been formally endorsed by the Working Group on Land Resource Assessment, which includes representatives from State, Territory and Commonwealth agencies.
Features
- enables you to identify Australian soils, even with incomplete data
- the only comprehensive interactive key to Australian soils
- formally endorsed by Australia’s leading land resource survey specialists
- soil characters all have comprehensive notes, and many are illustrated
- colour photographs show examples of soil types
- includes an abridged and updated version of The Australian Soil Classification
- includes a glossary, extensive references and an allocation tutorial
Reviews
"I found this an easy and impressive tool to use and further features include extensive notes of soil characters, many of which are illustrated, a glossary and extensive references. I would recommend this Key to any pedologically inclined person, or indeed anyone interested in Australian soils, as an easy to use, comprehensive key . . ."
Ants Roberts, Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd (New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research v.46, 2003)
“The CD provides a wealth of information, and is clearly the product of a considerable amount of work and expertise.”
Noel Schoknecht, AGWEST (Profile Issue 125, January 2001)
". . . this is an excellent introduction to the various soils of Australia, and may be used as a blueprint for other soil survey organizations."
International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) Bulletin 2000
Readership
The Interactive Key will be an essential resource for anyone who works with soil, including environmental consultants, landcare advisors, geologists, agronomists, botanists, foresters, land-use planners and catchment managers. The colour illustrations and comprehensive notes provide an excellent means for learning about the characteristics of soils and the major types in Australia, making the Interactive Key an ideal teaching tool. Students of environmental science, agriculture, forestry, earth science and land-use planning will find it invaluable.
System Requirements
- Windows 95 or higher, NT or higher
- 32 Mb of RAM
- 5 Mb of free hard-disk space (for the web browser)
- SVGA monitor (1024 × 768 recommended)
- CD-ROM drive
- Web browser supplied
Upgrades
An upgrade is available to bring The Australian Soil Classification - An Interactive Key in to line with The Australian Soil Classification, Revised edition (Isbell, 2002).
Please note that you will not be able to use the upgrade unless you already have a copy of The Australian Soil Classification - An Interactive Key Version 1.0.
Download Upgrade 1.0 (10 MB). Installation instructions for the upgrade are contained within the file readme.txt in the zip file.
This work (including Upgrade 1.0) may be cited as:
Jacquier, D. W., McKenzie, N. J., Brown, K. L., Isbell, R. F. and Paine, T. A. (2001). The Australian Soil Classification - An Interactive Key. Version 1.0 (including Upgrade 1.0 (April 2003), available from http://www.publish.csiro.au/books/bookpage.cfm?PID=2653). CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
Related Titles
Australian Soils and Landscapes - An Illustrated Compendium
The Australian Soil Classification
Australian Soil Poster
Related Categories
Landlinks : Soil Management
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