Year of publication
2002
Excerpt
A homogenized data set holding 4382 soil profiles is presented, corresponding with 1.1 of the WISE Global Soil Profile Database. The go-referenced profiles, which originate from 123 countries worldwide, are classified both in the original Legend (1974) and Revised Legend (1988) of the FAO- Unesco. The data set further includes information on site data, soil chemical and physical data for 21667 horizons, the source of the data, and methods used for determining analytical data. The digital data set is in Access format