The nature of Australian soils - Soil Essentials: Managing Your Farm's Primary Asset - page 5

'Human-made' soils

ANTHROPOSOLS

Organic soil material

ORGANOSOLS

Negligible pedological organisation

RUDOSOLS

Weak pedological organisation

TENOSOLS

Bs, Bh, or Bhs horizons

PODOSOLS

Clay >35%, cracks, slicken sides

VER TOSOLS

Prolonged seasonal saturation

HYDROSOLS

Strong texture-contrast

pH <5.5 in Sodic pH >5.5 in

B horizon B horizon B horizon

KUROSOLS SODOSOLS CHROMOSOLS

Lacking strong texture-contrast

Calcareous High free iron Structured Massive

throughout B horizon B horizon B horizon

CALCAROSOLS FERROSOLS DERMOSOLS KANDOSOLS

Figure 2 A classification system for Australian soils. (Isbell 2002)