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Towards a World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue
Author(s) -
Hallett S. H.,
Bullock P.,
Baillie I.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
soil use and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.709
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1475-2743
pISSN - 0266-0032
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2006.00030.x
Subject(s) - soil survey , government (linguistics) , geography , resource (disambiguation) , library science , environmental resource management , environmental science , computer science , soil water , soil science , computer network , linguistics , philosophy
An extensive collection of soil, land resource and land suitability surveys undertaken worldwide over the last 80 years by soil surveyors and scientists at the behest of the British government and others has been archived and catalogued using internationally recognized bibliographic standards. The World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue (WOSSAC) consisting of over 13 000 reports and maps is now available for consultation and use by the international soil science community.