Wikipedia:WikiProject Soil/Categories

[edit] Definitions and Structure

Soil as in the earthy material on surface of the land that is subjected to weathering and other soil forming factors.
Soil science as in the study of the pedosphere.
- The two main branches of soil science are pedology and edaphology.
  - Pedology deals with soils in its natural setting and includes soil morphology and soil classification.
  - Edaphology deals with soil as it affects people, plants and animals and includes agricultural soil science and environmental soil science.
- The categorical sub fields of soil science are soil chemistry, soil physics, soil biology and soil scientists

General subfields within Soil science
Main branches (2): \| Pedology \| Edaphology
Other subfields: \| Soil biology \| Soil chemistry \| Soil physics \| Soil scientists
General subfields within Pedology
Candidate categories: Pedogenesis \| Soil classification \| Soil morphology
General subfields within Edaphology
Environmental soil science \| Agricultural soil science