@inbook{d17a9bac37d2443b8cf9ba5a87e5fdb5,
title = "Soil Classification",
abstract = "In 2014 the 3rd Edition National Soil Map of Ireland was published at a resolution of 1:250,000, accompanied by an associated online soil information system (SIS) database. The 3rd Edition National Soil Map was developed using a combination of novel digital mapping techniques, traditional field survey methods, and historic soil survey detail. This produced for the first time, a consistent national level legend for Irish soils. Irish soil classification 2014 consists of a three-tiered taxonomy of {\textquoteleft}Great Soil Group{\textquoteright}, {\textquoteleft}Subgroup{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}Series{\textquoteright}, ordered from the most general to the most specific. This chapter explains how soils are classified including the reference section, how to describe a soil profile, horizon definitions and soil diagnostic criteria. Finally, the correlation of the Irish SIS with World Reference Base (WRB) classification is described and the classification of urban soils using the WRB system.",
author = "Rachel Creamer and Iolanda Simo and Brian Reidy and Thomas Cummins and Lilian O{\textquoteright}Sullivan",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-71189-8_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319711881",
series = "World Soils Book Series book series (WSBS)",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "39--54",
editor = "R. Creamer and L. O'Sullivan",
booktitle = "The Soils of Ireland",
address = "Germany",
}