Soil Classification 2001

Section 1: Review of basic concepts and principles for classification systems

• Soil Classification Principles (ARNOLD Richard W.)
• Genetic soil classification system - what is its objective? (TONKONOGOV Valentin, GERASIMOVA Maria and LEBEDEVA Irina)
• Facing basic problems in the discipline of soil classification. Conclusions based on 35 years practice and teaching (LANGOHR Roger)

Section 2: Reports on status of national classification systems

• Principles, structure and prospects of the new. Russian soil classification system (SHISHOV Lev, TONKONOGOV Valentin, LEBEDEVA Irina and GERASIMOVA Maria)
• Soil Taxonomy: Provisions for Anthropogenically-Impacted Soils (WILDING Larry P. and AHRENS Robert J.)
• The Czech taxonomic soil classification system and the harmonization of soil maps (NEMECEK Jan and KOZÁK Josef)
• Present-day status of Soil Classification in Romania (MUNTEANU Ioan and FLOREA Nicolae)
• Soil classification for the needs of spatial planning in Croatia (BOGUNOVIC Matko, VIDACEK Željko and HUSNJAK Stjepan)

Section 3: Future trends for soil classification

• Pondering Hierarchical Soil Classification Systems (NACHTERGAELE Freddy O., BERDING Frank R. and DECKERS Jozef)
• Horizon identification (FITZPATRICK, E.A.)
• The "Référentiel Pédologique": a sound reference base for soils - a tool for soil designation (BAIZE Denis, KING Dominique and JAMAGNE Marcel)
• The search for a new paradigm in pedology (IBÁŃEZ Juan José and BOIXADERA Jaume)

Section 4: Special classification problems and reports

• Phaeozems or Ferralsols? Low-activity Clay Soils with Mollic Horizons in Bolivian Tropical Lowlands (SCHAD Peter, HÄUSSERMANN Ulrich, FERBER Petra and RINNEBERG, Kathrin)
• Classification of Chernozems, Phaeozems and Calcisols in Austria in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) (NESTROY Othmar)
• Past, present and future of the Hungarian classification of salt-affected soils (TÓTH Tibor and VÁRALLYAY György)
• Transition Soils between Spodosols and Ultisols in Subalpine Forest of Taiwan (CHEN Zueng-Sang, HSEU Zeng-Yei, WU Sen-Po and TSAI Chen-Chi)
• Colluvisols as a Component of Erosional and Accumulative Soil Cover Structures of East Lithuania (BAUZIENE Ieva)
• Urban soils classification for Russian cities of the taiga zone (STROGANOVA Marina and PROKOFIEVA Tatiana)
• Farmer classification. An approach to soil quality in Murcia, SE of Spain (ANDRADE-LIMAS Elizabeth, FAZ-CANO Ángel, GARCÍA-FERNÁNDEZ Gregorio and ARNALDOS-LOZANO Raquel)
• Soils affected by mining and industrial activities in Cartagena (SE Spain): classification problems (FAZ CANO Ángel, ARNALDOS LOZANO Raquel, CONESA ALCARAZ Héctor Miguel, and GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ Gregorio)

Section 5: Correlation and harmonization of national systems: Evaluation and testing of WRB

• World Reference Base for Soil Resources  in a nutshell (DECKERS Jozef, DRIESSEN Paul NACHTERGAELE Freddy and SPAARGAREN Otto)
• Problems Encountered When Classifying Soils of Finland (YLI-HALLA Markku and MOKMA Delbert L.)
• The WRB applied to Argentinian soils: two case studies (ROCA PASCUAL Nuria and PAZOS Mabel Susana)
• A Comparative Study of the Latvian Soil Classification with WRB (KARKLINS Aldis)
• Correlation of the diagnostic properties of soil genetic units for harmonisation of soil map units (REINTAM Loit)

Section 6: New tools and techniques for soil mapping

• Soil Regionalisation by Means of Terrain Analysis and Process Parameterisation (BÖHNER J., KÖTHE R., CONRAD O., GROSS J.,RINGELER A. and SELIGE T.)
• Quantitative approaches in harmonization of national soil maps (DOBOS Endre)
• New technologies for soil mapping (MAYER Thomas and HOLLIS John)

Section 7: Participants

• Participants

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