Prefaces

• 3rd edition, 1998
• 2nd edition, 1987
• 1st edition, 1978

Chapter 1 Introduction

• History of Soil Classification in Canada
  
  • The early years, 1914-1940
  • From 1940 to 1996
• Rationale of Soil Taxonomy in Canada
  
  • The nature of soil
    
  • Nature and purpose of soil classification
    
  • Misconceptions about soil taxonomy
    
  • Attributes of the Canadian system
    
  • Bases of criteria for defining taxa at various categorical levels
    
  • Relationship of taxonomic classes to environments
    
  • Relationship of the Canadian system to other systems of soil taxonomy
    
• Summary

Chapter 2 Soil, Pedon, Control Section, and Soil Horizons

• Soil and Nonsoil
  
• Pedon, the Basic Unit of Soil
  
• Control Section
  
  • Mineral soils
    
  • Organic soils
    
• Soil Horizons and Other Layers
  
  • Mineral horizons and layers
    
  • Lowercase suffixes
    
  • Named diagnostic horizons and layers of mineral soils
    
  • Organic horizons
    
  • Named layers and materials of Organic soils
    
  • Tests for distinguishing organic layers
    
  • von Post scale of decomposition
    
  • Rules concerning horizon and layer designations
    
  • Need for precise definitions of horizons and layers

Chapter 3 Outline of the System and a Key to the Classification of a Pedon.

• Outline of the System
  
• Classifying a Pedon
  
• Key to Soil Orders
  
• Key to Soil Great Groups
  
• Key to Soil Subgroups

Chapter 4 Brunisolic Order

• Distinguishing Brunisolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
  
• Melanic Brunisol
  
• Eutric Brunisol
  
• SombricBrunisol
  
• Dystric Brunisol

Chapter 5 Chernozemic Order

• Distinguishing Chernozemic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
  
• Brown Chernozem
  
• Dark Brown Chernozem
  
• Black Chernozem
  
• Dark Gray Chernozem

Chapter 6 Cryosolic Order

• Turbic Cryosol
  
• Static Cryosol
  
• Organic Cryosol

Chapter 7 Gleysolic Order

• Distinguishing Gleysolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
  
• Luvic Gleysol
  
• Humic Gleysol
  
• Gleysol

Chapter 8 Luvisolic Order

• Distinguishing Luvisolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
  
• Gray Brown Luvisol
  
• Gray Luvisol

Chapter 9 Organic Order

• Distinguishing Organic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
  
• Fibrisol
  
• Mesisol
  
• Humisol
  
• Folisol

Chapter 10 Podzolic Order

• Distinguishing Podzolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
  
• Humic Podzol
  
• Ferro-Humic Podzol
  
• Humo-Ferric Podzol

Chapter 11 Regosolic Order

• Distinguishing Regosolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
  
• Regosol
  
• Humic Regosol

Chapter 12 Solonetzic Order

• Distinguishing Solonetzic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
  
• Solonetz
  
• Solodized Solonetz
  
• Solod
  
• Vertic Solonetz

Chapter 13 Vertisolic Order

• Distinguishing Vertisolic Soils from Soils of Other Orders
  
• Vertisol
  
• Humic Vertisol

Chapter 14 Soil Family and Series

• Family Criteria and Guidelines for Mineral Soils
• Family Criteria and Guidelines for Organic Soils
• Nomenclature for Soil Families
• Soil Series

Chapter 15 Soil Phase

• Slope
• Water Erosion
• Wind Erosion
• Soil Deposition
• Stoniness
• Rock Outcrop
• Folic
• Peaty
• Cryic
• Cryoturbated
• Other Differentiae

Chapter 16 Correlation of Canadian Soil Taxonomy with Other Systems


Chapter 17 Terminology for Describing Soils

• Example of a Pedon Description

Chapter 18 Landform Classification

• History
  
• Scope
  
• Objectives
  
• Genetic Materials
  
• Material Modifiers
  
• Surface Expression
  
• Slope
  
• Modifying Processes
  
• Qualifying Descriptors
  
• Mapping Conventions

References

Figures

1. Pedon of Orthic Turbic Cryosol in area of nonsorted circles
2. Pedon of Gleyed Vertic Black Chernozem with tonguing Ah horizon
3. Pedon of Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzols tropic phase, in hummocky terrain due to blowdown of trees
4. Orthic Melanic Brunisol, Ontario
5. Eluviated Eutric Brunisol, British Columbia
6. Eluviated Dystric Brunisol, Saskatchewan
7. Orthic Brown Chernozem, Alberta
8. Orthic Black Chernozem, Alberta
9. Orthic Eutric Turbic Cryosol, Northwest Territories
10. Brunisolic Dystric Static Cryosol, Northwest Territories
11. Glacic Organic Cryosol, Northwest Territories
12. Orthic Humic Gleysol, Ontario
13. Rego Gleysol, peaty phase, Ontario
14. Fera Gleysol, Ontario
15. Orthic Gray Brown Luvisol, Ontario
16. Orthic Gray Luvisol, Alberta
17. Mesic Fibrisol, Alberta
18. Humic Mesisol, British Columbia
19. Orthic Humic Podzol, Newfoundland
20. Orthic Ferro-Humic Podzol, Quebec
21. Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol, Nova Scotia
22. Orthic Regosol, Northwest Territories
23. Cumulic Regosol, Northwest Territories
24. Brown Solodized Solonetz, Saskatchewan
25. Brown Solod, Saskatchewan
26. Orthic Humic Vertisol, Manitoba
27. Orthic Vertisol, Saskatchewan
28. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Brunisolic order
29. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Chernozemic order
30. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Cryosolic order
31. Schematic representation of horizon pattern in some Turbic subgroups of the Cryosolic order
32. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Gleysolic order
33. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Luvisolic order
34. Diagrammatic representation of depth relationships in the control section used to classify Fibrisol, Mesisol, and Humisol great groups
35. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Fibrisol, Mesisol, and Humisol great groups
36. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Folisol great group
37. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Podzolic order
38. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of The Regosolic order
39. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Solonetzic order
40. Diagrammatic horizon pattern of some subgroups of the Vertisolic order
41. Family particle-size classes triangle and soil texture classes triangle
42. Soil texture classes triangle
43. Types, kinds, and classes of soil structure
44. Colluvial material
45. Eolian material
46. Fluvial material
47. Lacustrine material
48. Thin marine sands over marine clays in the background have been deranged by progressive rotational flow slides in the foreground
49. Morainal material
50. Colluvial apron at the base of Nahanni Butte, N.W.T
51. Hummocky eolian material, active and stabilized sand dunes in Prince Edward Island
52. Fluvial fan in the foreground, Carcajou Lake, N.W.T
53. Fluvial apron in the midground, Carcajou Canyon, N.W.T
54. Ridged and hummocky glaciofluvial material, Kamloops, B.C
55. Undulating glaciofluvial material, eastern New Brunswick
56. Morainal blanket over undulating bedrock, eastern Quebec
57. Hummocky and ridged morainal material in the midground and background, Kamloops, B.C
58. Ridged morainal material. The lines of trees mark the swales between parallel ridges, southern Ontario
59. Rolling morainal material, southeastern Alberta
60. Undulating morainal material, southern Sask
61. Morainal veneer over rolling bedrock, Vancouver Island, B.C
62. Hummocky glaciolacustrine material, Biggar, Sask
63. Level lacustrine material, southwestern Ontario
64. A lacustrine terrace dissected by streams between a river and hills, Kamloops, B.C
65. Undulating marine landform marks the remnants of ancient clay flow slides, Pontiac County, Que
66. Thin marine veneer over level bedrock, Grande-Anse, N.B
67. Marine veneer and blanket over hummocky bedrock, Montmagny, Que
68. The domed bog in the midground has mainly sphagnum vegetation, Sibbeston Lake, N.W.T
69. Plateaus in this bog are marked by the light brown vegetation with sparse tree cover. The flat, reddish brown areas are sedge-covered fens, Norman Wells, N.W.T
70. The horizontal fen in the foreground is dominated by sedge vegetation, Manitoba
71. The ribbed fen has sedge vegetation broken by low ridges where spruce trees grow, Fort Simpson, N.W.T
72. On-site landform symbols

Tables

1. Strongly contrasting particle sizes
2. Key to mineralogy classes
3. Soil temperature classes
4. Soil moisture subclasses
5. Moisture subclasses as applied to Organic soils
6. Correlation of horizon definitions and designations
7. Correlation of United States and FAO diagnostic horizons with nearest Canadian equivalents
8. Taxonomic correlation at the Canadian order and great group levels
9. Terminology for various shapes and sizes of coarse fragments
10. Types and classes of soil structure

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Source : The Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd edition