Soil science and its interface with the history of geology community

Earth Sciences History

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 296-309

  Landa, Edward R ^a,b   Brevik, Eric C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

soil classification history; soil geomorphology history; soil mapping history; soil science professional societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989921849     PISSN: 0736623X     EISSN: 19446187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17704/1944-6187-34.2.296     Document Type: Review

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