Research Branch
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Publication 1646
Third Edition 1998
NRC Research Press
Ottawa 1998

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ISBN 0-660-17404-9
NRC No. 41647

Canada. Soil Classification Working Group
The Canadian system of soil classification
3rd ed.
"Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Publication"
Issued by the National Research Council of Canada.
Includes bibliographical references and an index.
"The changes incorporated in this current publication are based on the work of the Soil Classification Working Group formerly of the Expert Committee on Soil Survey..." Pref.
ISBN 0-660-17404-9
1. Soils - Canada - Classification. 2. Soils - Classification.
I. Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch.
II. National Research Council of Canada. III. Title.
S599.1S54   1998      631.44'0971      C98-980032-6

Editor: R.H. Haynes, OC, FRSC (York University)

Editorial Board:

W.G.E. Caldwell, FRSC (University of Western Ontario); P.B. Cavers (University of Western Ontario); G. Herzberg, CC, FRS, FRSC (NRC, Steacie Institute of Molecular Sciences); K.U. Ingold, OC, FRS, FRSC (NRC, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences); W. Kaufmann (Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Annual Reviews Inc., Palo Alto, CA); M. Lecours (Université Laval); W.H. Lewis (Washington University); L.P. Milligan, FRSC (University of Guelph); G.G.E. Scudder, FRSC (University of British Columbia); E.W. Taylor, FRS (University of Chicago); B.P. Dancik, Editor-in-Chief, NRC Research Press (University of Alberta)

Inquiries:

Monograph Publishing Program, NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada.

First published in 1974 under title A System of Soil Classification for Canada, Agric. Can. Publ. 1455.

Superseded in 1978 by The Canadian System of Soil Classification, Agric. Can. Publ. 1646.

Second edition 1987, The Canadian System of Soil Classification, Agric. Can. Publ. 1646.

Third edition 1998, correct citation as follows:

Soil Classification Working Group. 1998. The Canadian System of Soil Classification. Agric. and Agri-Food Can. Publ. 1646 (Revised). 187 pp.

 

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