Often soil scientists will conduct a survey to map out the different kinds of soils found in different regions. The links below provide examples of the different methods used to conduct soil surveys, and their results.

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A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information URL: http://www.itc.nl/~rossiter/research/rsrch_ss.html Source: Department of Earth Systems Analysis: International Institute for Geo-information Science & Earth Observation (ITC): by D. G. Rossiter Soil Survey URL: http://www.soils.agri.umn.edu/academics/classes/soil2125/doc/slab5ssv.htm Source: University of Minnesota: Soil 2125 Pennsylvania Soil Survey URL: http://www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov/soils/pasoils.htm Source: USDA: Natural Resources Conservation Service: Pennsylvania NEsoil.com--Providing Soil Survey Information for Southeastern Massachusetts URL: http://nesoil.com/index.html Source: Jim Turenne Return to the top