Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Soil

Synonyms

Definition

The top layer of the land surface of the earth that is composed of disintegrated rock particles, humus, water and air.

Comments

Table Name

SOIL

Australia's Implementation Table Names

SOIL_PT
SOIL_PY

The following have been used in the definition of this feature type

European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET), GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET) online. Sited 30 July 2002. URL updated 10/12/2014

The following have been used in categorising this feature type

Geology

Code

Name

Definition

Data type

Values

UoM

Used by these Feature Types

1234

Brief_Soil_Description

A short decription of the soil according to the pyramid description method

Optional

character(50)

Types

1042

Dataset_Id

An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to

Mandatory

number(4)

Types

1235

Detailed_Soil_Description

A longer description of the soil according to the RISSC protocol.

Optional

Character(100)

Types

1237

Number_of_samples

The number of samples taken.

Optional

Number(10)

Types

1150

Q_Info

An unique identifier pointing to additional data quality information not included in the metadata record.

Mandatory

number(5)

Types

1236

Soil_Collection

A yes or no answer to whether one or more collections of soil was taken.

Optional

Character(3)

label	Definition
No
Unk
Yes

Types

1181

Soil_Type

Mandatory

character(50)

Types