<Notes>A Format for Field Soil Records for Computer-Based Data Management System

Abstract

A format for field records for use with a soil data bank is described. It is aimed to collect field soil data in detail, and to retrieve them as text or as plots showing attribute distributions on a map with or without processing. This is particularly important for reclassifying the soil profiles and for reconstructing the soil map and soil units. The format is simple and easy to use, since many of the necessary properties are coded on the card. The manual for soil description integrates several methods, and is published in Discussion Paper Series of the CSEAS of Kyoto University (Furukawa, 1979).