Evaluation of Soil Taxonomy and FAO- Unesco in relation to nine climo-sequence soils, Argentine

Abstract

Frederiksen, Peter: Evaluation of soil taxonomy and FAO-Unesco in relation lo nine climo-sequence soils, Argentine. Geografisk Tids- skrifl 81: 11–15. Copenhagen, October, 1981. The ability of Soil Taxonomy and FAO-Unesco to segment nine soils of a climo-sequence from a genetical point of view was evaluated. The nine soils were classified as AIA2BtC, ABC, A(B)C and AC soils. The determination of moisture regimes was problematic, although waterbalance diagrams could be constructed. From a genetical point of view like soils were classified differently at suborder and subgroup level of Soil Taxonomy, and neither of the two taxonomies were able to distinguish between a well and weakly developed cambic B horizon.