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TAXONOMIA DE SUELOS'

Un Sistema B isico de
Clasificaci6n de Suelos para
Hacer e Interpretar
Reconocimientos de Suelos'
Soil Survey Staff
VERSION ABREVIADA EN ESPANOL DE "SOIL TAXONOMY" (1975)
PREPARADA POR

Walter Luzio Leighton
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, Y
EL GRUPO DE TRABAJO PARA

LA TRADUCCI6N AL ESPAROL

DE "SOIL TAXONOMY"

SOIL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
SMSS Tecl-nicalMonograph No. 5. 1982

Department of Agronomy, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
A Statutory College of the State University at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Soil Management Support Services
Soil Conservatiun Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.
Printea by the AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT for the SOIL MANAGEMENT SUPPORTSERVICES, a program of internatioial technical assistance
implemented bj the USDA-Soil Conservation Szrvice. Funding
by the U.S. Agency for International Development under PASA
No. AG/DSB-1129--79.)
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All reported opinions, conclusions and recommendations are those of the
authors, and not the Agency for International Development, Cornell
University, or the Soil Conservation Service ofthe United States
Department of Agriculture.
Copies can be ordered from:
Program Leader SMSS
Soil Conservation Service, USDA
P.O. Box 2890
Washington, D.C. 20013
USA

Las opiniones, conclusions y recomendaciones aqui expresadas son las de
los autores y no necesariamente las de la Agencia Internacional para el
Desarrollo, la Universidad de Cornell o el Servicio de Conservaci6n de
Suelosdel Departmento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos de America.
Copias adicionales pueden ser obtenidas del:
Lider del Programa SMSS
Soil Conservation Service, USDA
P.O. Box 2890
Washington, D.C. 20013
USA

GRUPO DE TRABAJO PARA LA TRADUCCION AL ESPANOL DE "SOIL TAXONOMY"
Walter Luzio L., Ing. Agr. M.S., Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Veterinarias y Forestales de la
Universichd deChile, Chile.
Fausto Maldonado, Dr. Sc. Agencia para el Desarrollo Internacional del Gobierno de los Estados
Unidos-,Misi6n en Quito, Ecuador.
Anibal Rosales, Ph.D., Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Marecay,
Venezuela.
Carlos 0. Scoppa, Dr. Sci., Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Argentina.
Armand Van Wambeke, Dr. Sc. Agr., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.,U.S.A.

Funding provided by the Agency for International Development
under PASA No. AG/DSB- 1129-5-79.

This Monograph is a partial translation of:

Soil Taxonomy -- A Basic System of Soil Classification for

Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys.

Soil Survey Staff. 1975.

Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Agriculture Handbook No. 436. 754pp.


No partsmay be reprinted without the permission of the

Soil Management Support Services.


Preface

Soil Taxonomy--a basic system of soil classification for making and

interpreting soil surveys--was published in 1975 by the Soil Conservation

Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Agriculture Handbook No. 436,

754 pp.). The publication is the culmination of 25 years of work bystaff

of the Soil Conservation Service and international cooperators. Even

before its final publication, the draft was being used and tested by many

countries in the world. In non-English speaking countries, parts of the

system were being translated into local languages. The Soil Survey of

India has reprinted the book without any changes. An Italian edition

was published in 1980 byEdagricole and the keys to the system have been

translated into Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia and Chinese.

In 1981, a decision was made by the Soil Management Support Services (SMSS)

to translate the book into Spanish and French. The Spanish translation

was made by a team of South American Soil Scientists under the leadership

of Dr. Armand Van Wambeke of Cornell University. We greatly...