# Welcome to c/soilscience @ slrpunk.net [http://slrpunk.net]! > A science based community to discuss and learn all things related to soils. [https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/611854d1-deed-41fe-94cb-6884df803eeb.png] — — ## Notice Board This is a work in progress, please don’t mind the mess. — — Subdisciplines of soil science include: - Soil Taxonomy & mapping - Soil Fertility & Organic Amendments - Soil Chemistry & Remediation - Soil Mineralogy - Soil Physics - Soil Biology These subdisciplines are used by various other disciplines, particularly those related to reclamation, remediation, and agriculture. ## Rules 1. Don’t throw mud. Be kind and remember the human. 2. Keep it rooted (on topic). 3. Please use a tag. 4. No spam. 5. Memes are welcome, but the focus of this community is science-based — — ## Resources ### Blogs - Wonder of Soil [https://wonderofsoil.substack.com/] ### Careers - Geoarchaeology [https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/geoarchaeology-earth-sciences-to-understand-archaeological-record/heag067-geoarchaeology/] ### Chemistry - Secondary and micronutrient availability by pH [https://www.pda.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/detailed-Truog-pH-chart.jpg] - Secondary and micro nutrients availability by pH line graph [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meixue-Zhou/publication/262880392/figure/fig5/AS:267984245620744@1440903831634/Relationships-between-availability-of-elements-and-soil-pH-25.png] - Common Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms on Leaves Infographic [https://mander.xyz/post/2844853?scrollToComments=true] ### Classification - USDA Soil Classification System [https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/soil-classification] ### Maps & Datasets #### Canada - Canadian System of Soil Classificaiton [https://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/taxa/cssc3/index.html] - 1982 Canadian Manual for Describing Soils in the Field [https://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/manuals/1982-forms/index.html] - Alberta Soil Quality Criteria Relative to Disturbance [https://open.alberta.ca/publications/soil-quality-criteria-relative-to-disturbance-and-reclamation] this one is widely used across Canada - Best management practices for conservation of reclamation materials in the mineable oil sands region of Alberta [https://open.alberta.ca/publications/9781460100486] - a good guide to basic reclamation and revegetation BMPs #### Europe - Agrifood Soilscapes (UK) [https://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/] - Datasets from the BGS (UK) [https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-data/] - Datasets from the James Sutton Institute (UK) [https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/soilshutton/soil-data-and-maps] - Scotland Environment Soil Maps [https://soils.environment.gov.scot/maps/] - Soil Atlas of Europe [https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-atlas-europe] - UK Geochemical Atlas [https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18016/1/Advanced_Soil_Geochemical_Atlas_of_England_and_Wales.pdf] - UK Soil Observatory [https://www.bgs.ac.uk/map-viewers/uk-soil-observatory-ukso/] #### United States - USDA web soil survey [https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/] #### World - Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas [https://www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/atlas-introduction] - ISRIC World Soil Information [https://www.isric.org/explore] - Soil Grids 250m 2.0 [https://soilgrids.org/] ### Soil Contamination: - Cornell Guide to Testing Contaminated Soils [https://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/guidetosoil.pdf] - CCME Soil Guidelines for Contaminants [https://ccme.ca/en/resources/soil] - Wikipedia Lists of Hyperaccumulators for Bioremediation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hyperaccumulators] [https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/a881e09c-afa8-40d2-bc0f-f62307237f55.jpeg] — — ## Similar Communities - !geology@lemmy.ca [/c/geology@lemmy.ca] [https://lemmy.ca/c/geology] - !geophysics@lemmy.ca [/c/geophysics@lemmy.ca] [https://lemmy.ca/c/geophysics] - 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