NF EN ISO 25177

NF EN ISO 25177

October 2019
Standard Current

Soil quality - Field soil description

This document provides guidance on the description of soil in the field and its environmental context. It is applicable to natural, near-natural, urban and industrial sites. The soil observations and measurements can be made on a project site level, on a plot level, on layer or horizon level and on specific soil constituents.It also provides guidance on how to describe layers of anthropogenic (artificial) material or layers that were not modified by pedogenic processes in the strict sense and how to describe coarse material of natural or artificial origin.This document can be used in combination with other publications that provide guidance or requirements regarding specific aspects of soil observations and measurements.NOTE 1 It might not be possible or necessary to record data under all the headings listed in Clauses 4 to 11.NOTE 2 Overall guidance for presentation of information from soil surveys is given in ISO 15903.NOTE 3 The guidance provided assumes that sampling will be done in accordance with ISO 18400.

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Publication date

October 2019

Number of pages

62 p.

Reference

NF EN ISO 25177

ICS Codes

13.080.01   Soil quality and pedology in general

Classification index

X31-010

Print number

1

International kinship

ISO 25177:2019

European kinship

EN ISO 25177:2019
Sumary
Soil quality - Field soil description

This document provides guidance on the description of soil in the field and its environmental context. It is applicable to natural, near-natural, urban and industrial sites. The soil observations and measurements can be made on a project site level, on a plot level, on layer or horizon level and on specific soil constituents.

It also provides guidance on how to describe layers of anthropogenic (artificial) material or layers that were not modified by pedogenic processes in the strict sense and how to describe coarse material of natural or artificial origin.

This document can be used in combination with other publications that provide guidance or requirements regarding specific aspects of soil observations and measurements.

NOTE 1 It might not be possible or necessary to record data under all the headings listed in Clauses 4 to 11.

NOTE 2 Overall guidance for presentation of information from soil surveys is given in ISO 15903.

NOTE 3 The guidance provided assumes that sampling will be done in accordance with ISO 18400.

Replaced standards (1)
NF EN ISO 25177
September 2011
Standard Cancelled
Soil quality - Field soil description

ISO 25177:2008 is a guide for describing the soil and its environmental context at a given site. Sites can be natural, near-natural, urban or industrial. It is important to realize that a number of soil samples can be taken at a site to support the soil description. The information provided by the descriptions in ISO 25177:2008 provides the context for the presentation of results from analyses undertaken on soil samples.

Table of contents
  • 1 Domaine d'application
  • 2 Références normatives
  • 3 Termes et définitions
  • 4 Comment utiliser le présent document
  • 5 Objectifs et méthodes de description
  • 6 Description des références générales et informations générales
  • 7 Environnement du profil
  • 8 Aspect de la surface
  • 9 Description du profil de sol
  • 10 Désignation générale
  • 11 Compte-rendu
  • Annexe A Morphologie
  • Annexe B Grilles d'évaluation des proportions de taches, d'éléments grossiers, etc.
  • Annexe C Désignation des horizons pédologiques - Exemple du système FAO[ 30 ]
  • Annexe D Exemples de diagrammes de texture
  • Annexe E Détermination de la texture du sol sur le terrain
  • Annexe F Quelques types de structure de sol
  • Annexe G Liste des éléments courants observés dans le sol et à la surface du sol
  • Annexe H Observations relatives à la description du sol à consigner pour les types spécifiques d'études de sol
  • Annexe I Exemple de méthode de description des couches du sol
  • Bibliographie
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