Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual

Laboratory data are critical to the understanding of the properties and genesis of a single pedon, as well as to the understanding of fundamental soil relationships based on many observations of a large number of soils. The development of an analytical database and the soil relationships based on those data are the cumulative effort of several generations of soil scientists.

 

The purpose of Soil Survey Investigations Report (SSIR) No. 42, Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual, is to document methodology and to serve as a reference for the laboratory analyst. This document is expected to continue to change over time as new knowledge and technologies result in the development of new methods and the modification or retirement of old methods. This manual documents current methods and archives obsolete methods. It provides a historical perspective, documenting the contributions of many soil scientists who have gone before us. Many of these scientists are noted in the section on contributors.

 

Citation: Soil Survey Staff. 2014. Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual. Soil Survey Investigations Report No. 42, Version 5.0. R. Burt and Soil Survey Staff (ed.). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

 

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