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The manual is intended primarily for use by soil scientists engaged in the classification and mapping of soils and in the interpretation of soil surveys. Amt300 overview amt300 4 in 1 soil survey instrument can test moisture of soil, ph value, temperature and environment sunlight intensity using aprobe with the length of 200mm. An understanding of soil morphology and the spatial. General resource references subject reference lists soils reference list physical properties, soil interpretations nrcshi page 3 of 5 august 2002.
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