Abstract:Soil Survey Horizons was first published in 1960, and the 50th volume was published in 2009. Here we analyze what has been published in those 50 volumes (5575 pages). We classified 1080 contributions as to their focus (e.g., mapping, soil genesis), geographic origin, and what U.S. Soil Taxonomy order was described or studied. Almost 40% of all contributions focused on soil mapping. The number of soil mapping contributions had its peak in the mid‐1980s and then gradually dropped but has been on the increase sin… Show more
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