The Soils of the Philippines

• Main Authors: Carating, Rodelio B. (Author), Galanta, Raymundo G. (Author), Bacatio, Clarita D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: World Soils Book Series,
• Subjects: Environment.; Geotechnical engineering.; Remote sensing.; Physical geography.; Entomology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Physical Geography.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.

The first soil survey in the Philippines was done by Mr. Clarence Dorsey, an American soil scientist in the province of Batangas in 1903. The Soils of the Philippines, however, is the first comprehensive summary of more than a century of soil-survey work in this country. It integrates the soil conce...