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Coverage and potential use of a soil profile database in Brazil

Marcelo Muniz Benedetti, Gerd Sparovek, Miguel Cooper, Nilton Curi, Amaury de Carvalho Filho

01/Dec/2008

Brazilian soil science is outstanding in tropical soil research, with a wealth of information on the soils of the country. However, this knowledge is not readily available. The aim of this study was to increase the range of a national soil profile database, based on soil surveys of wide extent. The soil taxonomy was updated based on the latest version of the Brazilian Soil Classification System. The updated database was also evaluated for coverage and potential for quantitative analyses. For […]