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| Title: | Canadian Soil Classification |
| Section: | Soil Classification |
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Contents
- Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region, 1
- Publishing Details, 2
- Principal Editors, Authors and Acknowledgements, 3
- Contents, 4
- Preface and Foreward, 7
- Introduction, 8
- Scope of the Atlas, 9
- Role and Importance of Soil, 10
- International Polar Year, 12
- European Union Research and the Northern Latitudes, 13
- The Northern Environment, 14
- Overview, 15
- Sea Ice and Topography, 16
- Climate, 17
- Human Influence , 19
- Permafrost, 20
- Land-Ocean Interaction, 21
- Soils in Northern Latitudes, 22
- What is Soil?, 23
- Soils in Cold Climates, 24
- Soil Forming Processes, 25
- Patterned Ground, 31
- Mass Movement, 33
- Thawing of Ground Ice, 34
- Soil Organisms in the Polar Regions, 35
- Soil Classification, 36
- Soil Classification: Grouping Soils Together, 37
- World Reference, 38
- Soil Taxonomy, 40
- Canadian Soil Classification, 41
- Russian Soil Classification, 42
- Comparing Soil Classifications, 43
- Soil Mapping in the North, 44
- Major Soil Types of the Northern Circumpolar Region , 46
- Soil Maps , 52
- WRB Reference Soil Groups, 54
- Index to Map Sheets, 57
- Overview of the Northern Circumpolar Region, 58
- Regional Maps, 60
- Cold Soils from Around the World, 116
- Geographic Information Systems, 117
- Northern Soils: A Global Perspective, 118
- Carbon Cycle, 119
- Climate Change, 124
- Northern Soils: A Local Perspective , 126
- Alaska, 127
- Canada , 128
- Greenland, 130
- Fennoscandia, 132
- Central Siberia, 134
- Iceland, 136
- Construction in the Permafrost Zone, 137
- Conclusions, 138
- Glossary, 141
- Contacts and Bibliography, 142
- JRC Soil Atlas Series, 143
- The Joint Research Centre, 144
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