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Soil Mapping On A Swanton Pacific Ranch Rangeland, Thomas N. Witman Jan 2012

Soil Mapping On A Swanton Pacific Ranch Rangeland, Thomas N. Witman

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

Knowledge of soils has become very important in most land based enterprises. The understanding of soils is necessary for all different types of land management projects. The USDA mapped all of the soils in the United States starting in the late 1950’s to provide the necessary information. However because the mappers often times had to map entire counties in short amounts of time ,did not have modern technology, and had rather a vague operating procedure, there was no way to be accurate on the small scaled. To solve this problem I evaluated Dr. Ron Taskey’s landscape hierarchy, a method that …


A Study Of Soil Development On Marine And Stream Terraces Of Swanton Pacific Ranch, Davenport, Ca, Genevieve M. Widrig, Kristine W. Johnson, Anna E. Tornincasa Jun 2010

A Study Of Soil Development On Marine And Stream Terraces Of Swanton Pacific Ranch, Davenport, Ca, Genevieve M. Widrig, Kristine W. Johnson, Anna E. Tornincasa

Earth and Soil Sciences

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