ISO 11074:2015

ISO 11074:2015

May 2015
International standard Current

Soil quality - Vocabulary

ISO 11074:2015 defines a list of terms used in the preparation of the standards in the field of soil quality. The terms are classified under the following main headings: - general terms (terms relating to soil, soil materials, land, and sites); - description of soil (soil characteristics, soil water, properties of soils and substances, processes in soil, contamination, pollution, background content); - sampling (general terms, sample types/sampling type, sampling stages, execution of sampling, quality control samples, sample pretreatment); - terms relating to the assessment of soils (quality, assessment of soil and sites with respect to risk, hazard and exposure, soil protection); - remediation (general terms, principal remediation types, engineering-based methods, process-based treatment methods); - soil ecotoxicology. NOTE: In addition to text written in the official ISO languages (English, French), this document gives text in German. This text is published under the responsibility of the Member Body for Germany (DIN) and is given for information only. Only the text given in the official lan­guages can be considered as ISO text.

Main informations

Collections

International ISO standards

Thematics

Développement durable et RSE

Publication date

May 2015

Number of pages

72 p.

Reference

ISO 11074:2015

ICS Codes

01.040.13   Environment. Health protection. Safety (Vocabularies)
13.080.01   Soil quality and pedology in general

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1
Sumary
Soil quality - Vocabulary

ISO 11074:2015 defines a list of terms used in the preparation of the standards in the field of soil quality. The terms are classified under the following main headings:

- general terms (terms relating to soil, soil materials, land, and sites);

- description of soil (soil characteristics, soil water, properties of soils and substances, processes in soil, contamination, pollution, background content);

- sampling (general terms, sample types/sampling type, sampling stages, execution of sampling, quality control samples, sample pretreatment);

- terms relating to the assessment of soils (quality, assessment of soil and sites with respect to risk, hazard and exposure, soil protection);

- remediation (general terms, principal remediation types, engineering-based methods, process-based treatment methods);

- soil ecotoxicology.

NOTE: In addition to text written in the official ISO languages (English, French), this document gives text in German. This text is published under the responsibility of the Member Body for Germany (DIN) and is given for information only. Only the text given in the official lan­guages can be considered as ISO text.

Replaced standards (1)
ISO 11074:2005
October 2005
International standard Cancelled
Soil quality - Vocabulary

<p>ISO 11074:2005 defines terms used in the field of soil quality.</p> <p>The terms are classified under the following main headings: 1) General terms and definitions (terms relating to soil, to soil materials, to land and sites); 2) Description of soil (soil characteristics, soil water, properties of soils and substances, processes in soil, contamination, background content); 3) Sampling (general terms and definitions, sample types/sampling type, sampling stages, execution of sampling, quality control samples, sample pre-treatment, terms and definitions related to geostatistics); 4) Terms and definitions relating to the assessment of soils (quality, assessment of soil and sites with respect to risk, hazard and exposure, soil protection); 5) Remediation (general terms and definitions, principal remediation types, engineering-based methods, process-based treatment methods). An alphabetical index is provided.</p>

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