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LEGROS, J.-P. 2006. Mapping of the Soil.

First published 1996 as Cartographie des Sols by Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne. Translated from French by V. A. K. Sharma. xv + 411 pp. Enfield, Jersey, Plymouth: Science Publishers. Price £42.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 57808 363 X.

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This methodological textbook provides a readable and detailed overview of the multifaceted science and art that is soil mapping. Recently updated by the author, and translated by V. A. K. Sarma from the original 1996 French version, this helpful book is now available to the English speaking world. Beginning with general definitions and descriptions of the basic approaches employed to map the soil resource, the author describes in detail most aspects involved in the creation of a soil map and some subsequent applications. The uses of soil maps are examined, basic pedological concepts are explained and these provide a context for this work.

While there is an understandable emphasis on the French/ Francophone procedures of soil survey, this book is inclusive of alternate strategies, outlining numerous styles . . . [Full Text of this Article]