BS EN ISO 25177:2019
Soil quality. Field soil description

Standard No.

BS EN ISO 25177:2019

Release Date

2019

Published By

British Standards Institution (BSI)

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BS EN ISO 25177:2019

Scope

What is this ISO 25177 - Field soil description about? ISO 25177 discusses soil quality with a focus on field soil description. ISO 25177 provides guidance on the description of soil in the field and its environmental context. ISO 25177 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. ISO 25177 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. ISO 25177 is used in combination with other publications that provide guidance or requirements regarding specific aspects of soil observations and measurements. The quality of field soil descriptions is strongly dependent on the knowledge and especially the experience of the person making and/or recording the observations in the field since most field observations are estimations. Who is ISO 25177 - Field soil description for ? ISO 25177 on field soil description is useful for: Ecologists and conservationists Soil testing laboratories Landowners Why should you use ISO 25177- Field soil description ? Traditionally, description of soils and their environment was carried out as a part of soil surveys and soil inventories. The purpose was to describe the pedogenic context of the soil and assess applied aspects, principally agronomic potentials. ISO 251...

BS EN ISO 25177:2019 history

• 2019 BS EN ISO 25177:2019 Soil quality. Field soil description
• 2009 BS EN ISO 25177:2011 Soil quality. Field soil description