Soils of the - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

chemical and physical analyses of the sampled soils (or individual soil horizons) . Only a limited number o f
copies of volume 6 are being produced, mainly for those persons who have day-to-day use for this detailed ,
specific data . Since this information is also stored in the British Columbia Soil Information System others can, a s
required, request the data (or portions of it) directly from the data file by contacting the Assessment an d
Planning Division Map Library, B .C. Ministry of Environment, Victoria, B .C . ,
This publication (Volume 3) consists mainly of three chapters . Chapter 1 briefly describes the physical, socia l
and environmental characteristics of the map area in terms of location, climate, vegetation, physiography ,
bedrock and surficial deposits. The surficial geologic deposits are discussed in somewhat more detail sinc e
they form a stratification in the soil mapping and classification methodology . Chapter 2 describes the fiel d
mapping methodology and soil classification while Chapter 3 describes, in detail, the characteristics of th e
individual soils as well as making general comment regarding their suitability (or limitations) for a variety of lan d
uses .
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