Story: Soils All images & media From page 1 – The land’s thin skin The land’s thin skin The water cycle A soil profile Organic glue From page 2 – Soil features Wind-blown soil (1st of 2) Deep loess (2nd of 2) Mt Ruapehu erupting ash (1st of 2) Layers of volcanic ash (2nd of 2) Coloured soils Inorganic soil materials Soil texture From page 3 – Diversity and uniqueness Soils of the North Island (1st of 2) Soils of the South Island (2nd of 2) Major soils and their features Soil disturbance and rejuvenation Pasture from deforested land From page 4 – The most extensive soils The most extensive and driest soils Southland plains Egg-cup Podzol in farm land (1st of 2) Egg-cup Podzol (2nd of 2) Pallic soil New Zealand's driest soils (1st of 2) Semi-arid soil (2nd of 2) From page 5 – Ancient soils New Zealand's oldest soils Ultic soil Pukekohe market gardens From page 6 – Young soils Raw soil A Recent soil Anthropic soil From page 7 – Wet and rock type-dominated soils Wet and rock type-dominated soils Gley soil Organic soil (1st of 2) Pumice soil (2nd of 2) Allophanic soil (1st of 2) Pumice soil (2nd of 2) Melanic soil From page 8 – Soil patterns and properties Soil complexity Catena soil pattern Soil mapping From page 9 – What makes a good soil? New Zealand's best soils Urban fringe, Waitara Modern irrigation, Canterbury
