Wikipedia:WikiProject Soil/Soil Directory Structure

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Contents 1 Soil Directory Structure 1.1 Category Tree 2 Soil Science Directory Structure 2.1 Soil Science Category and article organization 2.2 Category Tree

[edit] Soil Directory Structure

Category:Soil is the default category for project articles. Categorical hierarchies:

1. Category:Earth sciences>>>Category:Human geography>Category:Land use>Category:Agriculture>Category:Soil
2. Category:Matter>Category:Materials>Category:Natural materials>Category:Soil
3. Category:Applied sciences>Category:Agriculture>Category:Soil
4. Category:Nature>Category:Natural resources>Category:Soil

Possible sub-categories of Category:Soil:

• Category:Soil management
• Category:Types of soil
  • Category:U. S. state soils (ala Commons:Category:U.S._state_soil)

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[edit] Soil Science Directory Structure

For those articles that fall within the context of Soil science (as in the study of the pedosphere) we employ the following structure:

• The two main branches of soil science are pedology and edaphology.
  • Pedology deals with soil 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, soil scientists and soil science stubs

[edit] Soil Science Category and article organization

Categorical hierarchies:

1. Category:Science>Category:Natural sciences> Category:Earth sciences> Category:Soil science
2. Category:Earth sciences> >Category:Human geography> Category:Land use> Category:Agriculture> Category:Soil> Category:Soil science

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

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