Standard Practice for Estimating the Degree of Humification of Peat and Other Organic Soils (Visual/Manual Method)

Importancia y uso:

4.1 The purpose of this practice is to standardize the routine description of peat and other organic soils for various uses (such as, peatland inventories and resource evaluations). This practice should be used to supplement other field information, such as, site location, surface morphology, surface vegetation, water table, moisture content, fiber content, wood content, and visually identifiable plant types and parts.

Note 1: This standard is a visual/manual method and is not meant to replace the more precise method of laboratory classification of peat (see Classification D4427). It should also be noted, this practice is independent of the determination of whether an articluar deposit contains peat that is defined in Classification D4427 on the basis of laboratory determination of ash content (see Test Method D2974).

Subcomité:

D18.22

Referida por:

D4427-23

Volúmen:

04.08

Número ICS:

13.080.40 (Hydrological properties of soil)

Palabras clave:

classification; decomposition; humification; organic materials; peat; von Post;