SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL 3 MAY 2019
5. Key to the WRB Reference Groups 2014
Principal
qualifiers
Supplementary
qualifiers
Other soils having an argic horizon that starts
100 cm from the soil surface and has retic
properties at its upper boundary.
RETISOLS
Fragic
Glossic
Leptic
Plaggic/
Pretic/ Terric
Folic/ Histic
Gleyic
Stagnic
Sideralic
Nudiargic
Neocambic
Albic
Skeletic
Endodolomitic
/
Endocalcaric
Dystric/ Eutric
Abruptic
Alumic
Arenic/ Clayic/
Loamic/ Siltic
Aric
Colluvic
Cutanic
Densic
Drainic
Gelic
Humic
Nechic
Novic
Oxyaquic
Profondic
Ruptic
Protospodic
Technic
Toxic
Transportic
Turbic
retic properties do not start at the
upper boundary of the argic
6. A
E
Bt
C
L
A
Y
ARGIC ARGIC
ARGIC ARGIC
CEC / kg clay
24 cmol+
CEC / kg clay
24 cmol+
CEC / kg clay
< 24 cmol+
CEC / kg clay
< 24 cmol+
B 50 %
B 50 %
B < 50 %
B < 50 %
Luvisol Alisols
Lixisols Acrisols
In major part
between
50-100 cm
WRB,2006
7. A
E
Bt
C
L
A
Y
ARGIC ARGIC
ARGIC ARGIC
CEC / kg clay
24 cmol+
CEC / kg clay
24 cmol+
CEC / kg clay
< 24 cmol+
CEC / kg clay
< 24 cmol+
eB 50 %
eB 50 %
eB < 50 %
eB < 50 %
Luvisol Alisols
Lixisols Acrisols
In major part
between
50-100 cm
WRB,2014
12. Key to the reference soil groups 2006 Prefix
qualifiers
Suffix
qualifiers
Other soils having
1. within 50 cm of the mineral soil surface a layer,
25 cm or more thick, that has reducing conditions
in some parts and a gleyic colour pattern
throughout; and
2. no layers with andic or vitric properties with a
combined thickness of either
GLEYSOLS (GL)
Folic
Histic
Anthraquic
Technic
Fluvic
Endosalic
Vitric
Andic
Spodic
Plinthic
Mollic
Gypsic
Calcic
Alic
Acric
Luvic
Lixic
Umbric
Haplic
Thionic
Abruptic
Calcaric
Tephric
Colluvic
Humic
Sodic
Alcalic
Alumic
Toxic
Dystric
Eutric
Petrogleyic
Turbic
Gelic
Greyic
Takyric
Arenic
Siltic
Clayic
Drainic
Novic
a) 30 cm or more within 100 cm of the soil
surface and starting within 25 cm of the soil
surface; or
b) 60 percent or more of the entire thickness
of the soil when continuous rock or a
cemented or indurated layer is starting
between 25 and 50 cm from the soil
surface.
13. Key to the WRB Reference Groups 2014
Principal
qualifiers
Supplementary
qualifiers
Other soils having one of the following:
1. a layer 25 cm thick, and starting 40 cm from the
mineral soil surface, that has
a. gleyic properties throughout; and
b. reducing conditions in some
parts of every sublayer; or
2. both of the following:
a. a mollic or umbric horizon, > 40 cm thick, that has
reducing conditions in some parts of every subhorizon,
from 40 cm below the mineral soil surface to the lower
limit of the mollic or umbric horizon; and
b. directly underneath the mollic/umbric horizon, a
layer 10 cm thick, that has its lower limit 65 cm
below the mineral soil surface, and that has:
i.gleyic properties throughout; and
ii. reducing conditions in some parts of every
sublayer.
GLEYSOLS (GL)
Thionic
Reductic
Subaquatic/
Tidalic
Hydragric/
Anthraquic
Folic/ Histic
Chernic/
Mollic/
Umbric
Oxygleyic/
Reductigleyic
Pisoplinthic/
Plinthic
Gypsic
Calcic
Spodic
Fluvic
Dolomitic/
Calcaric
Dystric/
Eutric
Abruptic
Acric/ Lixic/ Alic/
Luvic
Alcalic/ Alumic
Andic
Arenic/ Clayic/
Loamic/ Siltic
Aric
Colluvic
Drainic
Gelic
Humic
Inclinic
Limnic
Nechic
Novic
Pachic
Petrogleyic
Relocatic
Salic (proto)
Skeletic
Sodic
Sulfidic
Takyric/ Aridic
Technic
Tephric
Toxic
Turbic
Uterquic
Vertic
Vitric
17. Key to the RSGs 2014 Principal
qualifiers
Supplemetary
qualifiers
Other soils having:
1. a hortic, irragric, plaggic or terric horizon
50 cm thick; or
2. an anthraquic horizon and an underlying
hydragric horizon with a combined
thickness of 50 cm; or
3. a pretic horizon, the layers of which have
a combined thickness of 50 cm, within
100 cm of the mineral soil surface.
ANTHROSOLS (AT)
Hortic/
Hydragric/
Irragric/
Plaggic/
Pretic/ Terric
Acric/ Lixic/
Alic/ Luvic
Alcalic/ Eutric/
Dystric
Andic
Arenic/ Clayic/
Loamic/ Siltic
Calcic
Dolomitic/
Calcaric
Escalic
Ferralic/
Sideralic
Fluvic
Gleyic
Endoleptic
Novic
Oxyaquic
Regic
Salic
Skeletic
Sodic
Spodic
Stagnic
Technic
Toxic
Vertic
Vitric