Kentucky Soils: Their Origin, Distribution and Engineering Properties

Authors

Robert C. Deen, Kentucky Highway Materials Research Laboratory

Abstract

Soil is the product of the action of climate and living organisms upon parent materials, as conditioned by local relief. The length of time over which these forces are operative is of great importance in determining the properties of the final soil product. Altogether, there are five principal factors in soil formation: 1.) climate, 2.) biological activity, 3.) nature of the parent material, 4.) topography, and 5.) time.

The major differences in the soils of Kentucky result chiefly from differences in 1.) the rocks from which the parent materials were derived and 2.) the topographic position of the materials.

Report Date

3-1956

Report Number

No. 115

Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1956.115

Notes

A Report Presented at the Kentucky Highway Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington (March 29, 1956).

Repository Citation

Deen, Robert C., "Kentucky Soils: Their Origin, Distribution and Engineering Properties" (1956). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 1254.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/1254