Oceania Lithosphere Data - Page 6

Untimely cultivation, grazing and forestry operations when the soils are wet give rise to a rapid and marked loss of soil structure and a reduction in soil permeability and aeration owing to the compaction, deformation and consolidation of the topsoil and upper subsoil. This degradation results from the pressure of heavy machinery or treading by stock. Some soils are more at risk than others due to their poor resistance and resilience to compacting forces, poor drainage, limited water holding capacity, or higher rainfall.

References
Parfitt, R. L.; Lilburne, L. R.; Shepherd, T. G.; Andrew, R. M. 2002: Vulnerable soils: national maps and models of resistance to pressures. Proceedings of Soil Quality and Sustainable Land Management conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 3-5 April, 2002.

Shepherd, T. G.; Lilburne, L. R.; Sparling, G. P. 2000: A rule-based assessment of soil structural vulnerability. Soil News 48(5):127-132.

This database describes the soils of the pastoral and cropping land of Canterbury, from the Kowhai River in the north to the Rangitata River in the south, but not including Banks Peninsula. The original survey was mapped as a reconnaissance soil survey at 2 miles to the inch. These original soil boundaries have been very substantially revised and recompiled onto 1:50,000 scale topographic base by T.H. Webb in the 1990s and again in the 2000s.

This soil map for Christchurch City was compiled at 1:25,000 scale from several published and unpublished soil maps held by Landcare Research including:

Christchurch Region NZ Soil Survey Report 16 1:63 360
Part Paparua County NZ Soil Bureau Bulletin 34 1:31 860
Part Port Hills NZ Soil Bureau Bulletin 35 1:31 860
Heathcote County NZ Soil Bureau Report 1 1:31 860
Part Port Hills unpublished map 1:10 000
Sumner region NZ Soil Survey Report 70 1: 8 000

The database was constructed containing attributes relating to land use for each map unit and three land use interpretations generated: horticultural versatility, land use capability and urban suitability.

The dataset contains polygons of soils of King Country mapped at 1:63360. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soils are included.

The New Zealand Fundamental Soil Layer originates from a relational join of features from two databases: the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), and the National Soils Database (NSD). The NZLRI is a national polygon database of physical land resource information, including a soil unit. Soil is one in an inventory of five physical factors (including rock, slope, erosion, and vegetation) delineated by physiographic polygons at approximately 1:50,000 scale. The NSD is a point database of soil physical, chemical, and mineralological characteristics for over 1500 soil profiles nationally. A relational join between the NZLRI dominant soil and derivative tables from the NSD was the means by which 14 important soil attributes were attached to the NZLRI polygons. Some if these attributes originate from exact matches with NSD records, while others derive from matches to similar soils or professional estimates.

This is an updated soils map based on information collected by O'Byrne, T.N. (1981), Interim Report on the Suitability of Soils in the Karamea District for Kiwi Fruit and other Horticultural Crops, Soil Bureau District Office Report NS 15. Digital data was checked, edited and updated by I.H. Lynn.

The dataset contains polygons of soils of Te Puke District mapped at 1:15000. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soil are included.

The dataset contains polygons of soils of part of the Waitotara County mapped at 1:31680. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soils are included.

The dataset contains polygons of soils of the Manawatu mapped at 1:63360. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soils are included.

The dataset contains polygons of soils of Hamilton City mapped at 1:20 000. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soil are included.