The soil type is not only related to soil texture alone. There are different national and international reference systems for soil classification. So first you would have to decide on what reference system to use, and then there will be different methods to identify the soil type in the field.

But you will most probably need further information on the soil, in addition to the soil texture. For example information like: what soil horizons are developed, what kind of bedrock or sediment did the soil develop in, what processes formed the soil, and so on.

I'm not an expert on soil science, but maybe these documents can give you some ideas. It looks quite complex, so maybe you will need some help from a specialist. Good luck!

http://www.soils.usda.gov/technical/soil_orders/

http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Taxonomy/keys/2010_Keys_to_Soil_Taxonomy.pdf

The soil type is not only related to soil texture alone. There are different national and international reference systems for soil classification. So first you would have to decide on what reference system to use, and then there will be different methods to identify the soil type in the field.

But you will most probably need further information on the soil, in addition to the soil texture. For example information like: what soil horizons are developed, what kind of bedrock or sediment did the soil develop in, what processes formed the soil, and so on.

Try in soil survey staff (USDA)..., anyway you need more characteristics about your soil sample.

In fact the scientific name of the soil depends on its chemical, physical and morphological properties. Clay loam is one physical property of the soil called soil texture which is not enough to classify your soil and get its scientific name. You need a soil scientist to help and I recommend

fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Taxonomy/keys/2010_Keys_to_Soil_Taxonomy.pdf

Just to stay in step with what other have said, Clay Loam is a textural class ( in USDA taxonomy ) and there are hundreds if not thousands or more "soils" that are clay loams. However all clay loams will have a range of particles and the overall composition that have specific ranges of sand silt and clay sized particles. See soil textural triangle for assistance.

In my opinion this is a man made loam only 3% between 2 and 63 microns would not be a distribution that nature would choose.

It sounds as if you actually "made" an artificial soil by mixing a clay loam with sand and silt, so there will not be a taxonomic classification for this soil. You should (depending on availability of course) find the information you need from a soil survey map of the area where the clay loam soil was collected. If this is not available, you should consult with a soil scientist trained in soil classification.

Which area (location) of soil sample you took for your experiment? That should be your soil series/ taxonomic name.. USDA Soil Taxonomy is a good reference.

Ditto with other answers: if you know location of your soil, you should look on USDA websoil survey (provided your site in USA). If not, there are some other info available worldwide, let me know, I can help to locate specific maps.

Hi Sarma,

With the information of particle size characteristics we can only say that is a soil that its texture is classified as a clay soil. It's necessary more information to define a soil type. The soil is result of all processes in its ecosystem (chemical, biochemical, geological, etc.). With the localization (latitude and longitude) is possible take in a soil map (with a good scale) the soil type of your experiment. Or take this information from other field experiments in the same location and same type soil. But if yourself make your "experimental soil" so, you can write: " [...] a substrate with the texture: 64% of clay [...]".

I hope this can help you.

Dear Rupak Kumar Sarma

as you know from the above comments you should get further data about your soil not only soil texture but you must collect data about complete soil profile to able to classify your soil. for example, some soils have diagnostic horizon which be at depth of profile (not in the surface soil). also the morphological description of the profile is very important and must be done by expert.again you should collect some chemical , physical and morphological characteristics to identify soil classification correctly.

You also can consult the World Reference Base for Soil Resources from FAO.

64% clay loam, 33% sand, 3% silt - am i correct to assume 64% clay not 64% clay loam. Clay is a particle size, clay loam is a textural class, Sand and Silt are also particle sizes. it is impossible to name this without a great deal of clarification and some detailed examination in the field, or simply using what ever available soils maps you have.

Soil classification is not possible from soil texture data alone, you need a deatiled description of the soil profile and some additional soil analysis to classify a soil, depending on what soil classification system you wish to use. I suggest you read the documents at the following websites to get familiar with two common soil classification systems:

http://www.fao.org/docrep/W8594E/W8594E00.htm

http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/taxonomy/

Hi,

if that soil got 33% of sand particles and 3% of silt, it is clay according to USDA classification. So maybe it will be enough if you provide an information to which classification system are you referencing to. I do not understand the 64% of clay loam - did you mean clay particles? Or how did you determine this fraction??? Is it artificial soil (not natural)?

Maybe the reviewer wanted to know what was the soil type according to soil horizons - soil taxonomy (eg. Chernozem, Cambisol...).

http://www.soils.wisc.edu/courses/SS325/fao.htm

Soil classification according to soil texture is only one kind of soil classification.

The above answers are correct. If you wish to classify soil, you need to decide on the system to use. Two most common systems in use are the USDA Soil Taxonomy and the FAO classification systems. In either case, however, you still need much more information than just the soil texture! Generally, a field soil profile description is first done, then certain parameters including the soil texture (the distribution of sand, silt and clay) are done in the lab. Based on these and other diagnostic as well as landscape features, the soil may be classified into one of 13 orders (in the USDA system). But if you simply with to express the soil type on the basis of soil texture then your soil would fall under the clay loam textural class as indicated by others above. That is assuming you have 64% clay, 3% silt and 33% sand. Clay loam would be a different soil textural class altogether! You need, however, to specify the method used to determine the texture of the soil (sand, silt & clay contents) - -did you use the soil hydrometer method or pipette method?

The scientific basis of soil particle name is size and there are differences betwen systems

Look at a soil classification triangle chart. You have a clay with sand. You haven't said whether the clay is organic or mineral. As has been said there are many classification systems. The Unified Soil Classification System is popular with engineers in the US. Check to see if your field area has had a soil survey done, if it has check what was mapped there and whether the described soil matches what you've found. Use the classification system used in local surveys or use the one most used in your publication.

I think that the reviwer may be interested in a classification based on textural class. Meanwhile, I am not aware of any soil seperate or textural class referred to as clay loam. Perhaps you mean to say 64% clay, 33% sand and 3% silt. Looking closely at the soil textural triangle I think the soil is a clay soil based on texture

As per textural classifiction it is a clay soil but if the reviewer need information for any other classification system you may first clarify from them.

Reviewers may have asked about the Soil taxonomic classification. You can mention the soil series name of that particular soil.

Please do confirm your reviewer that what should be the system of classification given by FAO, US, Canadian, Australian. etc.

I would keep it simple and use the USDA soil classification based on the textural composition, as already suggested above. Given the textural composition: 64% clay, 33% sand and 3% silt, the soil is surely a clay soil (please consult: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/aids/investigations/texture/).

If you want to go more specific on the nomenclature of the soil you can either use the USDA soil nomenclature (http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/taxonomy/) or the FAO soil classification system (http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/y1899e/y1899e02.htm). Both classification systems are most widely used. For the application of both systems you need in addition to the textural composition information on the horizon differentiation, the depth of the soil, its position in the landscape, etc.

Or you could figure out the soil taxonomic classification and soil series name but this is the work of a soils classifier. This is why I suggested seeing if there is a soil survey published for your area. See: USDA, Soil Taxonomy and Keys to Soil Taxonomy. Sorry about the incomplete refs, the books aren't nearby today.

My dear colleague,

Nobody, on ResearchGate can give you "just like that" a scientific name of your soil without opening the profile in soil and recognizing the stratification of soil horizons. Nobody, trust me!!!!!!!!! Find somebody who is expert for soil systematics and ask him/her to open the profile in soli and to determine the soil type. Anyway, you can give to this colleague a coauthorship on your paper. That's all you can do. That information you gave in your question are just the soil texture, but there are many variations in soil texture even within certain soil type. You know?!. There is one very good Croatian saying (I am from Croatia) it says: "Give a child to mother!".

I will suggest to check with a soil scientist "pedology" who did study the soil taxonomy of your study area and cite his paper. otherwise, you will need a pedologist who can classify your soil based on a profile description. Good luck!

Soil textural classification and nomenclature is standardized and as per soil texture triangle. May please look into the following URL for details

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoS5L_0NSd3MAlY.JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTFyNzJ0ZjJjBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMzZmZhY2QwMGQ3MzQ4YTJiNmZhMDI2NWNlOGEzNjNjNwRncG9zAzE2?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dsoil%2Btexture%2Band%2Bhydraulic%2Bconductivity%26fr%3Dytff1-%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D16&w=2078&h=2400&imgurl=soils.usda.gov%2Ftechnical%2Fhandbook%2Fimages%2FPart618Exhibit8_hi.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsoils.usda.gov%2Ftechnical%2Fhandbook%2Fcontents%2Fpart618ex.html&size=751.3KB&name=Part+618+%E2%80%93+%3Cb%3ESoil+%3C%2Fb%3EProperties+%3Cb%3Eand+%3C%2Fb%3EQualities+|+NRCS+Soils&p=soil+texture+and+hydraulic+conductivity&oid=3ffacd00d7348a2b6fa0265ce8a363c7&fr2=&fr=ytff1-&tt=Part+618+%E2%80%93+%3Cb%3ESoil+%3C%2Fb%3EProperties+%3Cb%3Eand+%3C%2Fb%3EQualities+|+NRCS+Soils&b=0&ni=21&no=16&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=120r5m2v7&sigb=143u5no3m&sigi=11vcis6cr&.crumb=MWYTMInbkoU&fr=ytff1-

You need to know the taxonomy of the soil and climatic conditions where the soil exist. You cannot correctly name a soil from particle size analysis only unless you know the soil classification ans where the soil lies i.e in arid, semi arid, humid regions etc.

An easy way to classify the soil particle size when they are mixtured into the soil matrix is called texture class. Therefore, the name "clay loam" is a textural class. Soil texture has an important role in nutrient management because it influences nutrient retention. For instance, finer textured soils tend to have greater ability to store soil nutrients. Hence, Soil texture is the relative proportions of sand, silt, or clay in a soil. The soil textural class is a grouping of soils based upon these relative proportions. Soils with the finest texture are called clay soils, while soils with the coarsest texture are called sands. However, a soil that has a relatively even mixture of sand, silt, and clay and exhibits the properties from each separate is called a loam. There are different types of loams, based upon which soil separate is most abundantly present. If the percentages of clay, silt, and sand in a soil are known (primarily through laboratory analysis), you may use the textural triangle to determine the texture class of your soil. Also I attach an interesting pfd file where you can find good definitions and explanations about soil classification and clay loam soil textural class.

It seems that the file it's too big for uploading, sorry for that. Anyway, you can download through the follow link:

http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/taxonomy/

Kindly see the link below which help in determining your soil type that based on grains size and percentage.... This triangle was recommended to me by a siol spaecialist.

Best regards

http://www.google.de/imgres?sa=X&biw=1280&bih=861&tbm=isch&tbnid=B-u9rEfWNm_K_M:&imgrefurl=http://www.oneplan.org/Water/soil-triangle.asp&docid=IuD9TiQY90MN9M&imgurl=http://www.oneplan.org/Images/soilMst/SoilTriangle.gif&w=488&h=434&ei=SDxFUuH1O8igtAbXqIGACg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=530&vpy=524&dur=1446&hovh=212&hovw=238&tx=130&ty=132&page=1&tbnh=124&tbnw=139&start=0&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0,i:138

I would guess that textural classes would provide better information than a soil type in an agricultural context. the zone in which agriculture is usually interested is often well worked, amended and homogenized to be restricted to a single horizon. well this still depends on the type of crop...

The soil textural class does not tell you which type of soil you have, though it is part of the characteristics of the soil type. If you have a clay loam topsoil, but in the subsoil an horizon enriched with clay and salts, a "natric horizon", plant growth on such a soil (but also its hydrologic properties) will be totally different from a clay loam soil with a more sandy, acidic subsoil.

This kind of information is captured by soil classification systems. Soil taxonomy of the USDA and the "World Reference Base for soil resources" (WRB) are the two most widely used classification systems. WRB indeed evolved from the FAO legend of the soil map of the world.

For your results to be meaningful to an international audience, you should indeed be able to relate your results at least to one of these two international classification systems.

The key for the latest version of Soil Taxonomy (11th edition) is available at http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/tax_keys/index.html

The current version of WRB (i.e. from 2007) is available at http://www.fao.org/nr/land/soils/soil/wrb-documents/en/

As others have suggested, it would be a good idea to ask a pedologist familiar with your study area about the type of soil you have; second best will be to check a soil map.

I agree with the previous discussion that additional information is required for soil classification along with soil texture I think if you have information about soil series of that particular soil (used in your study), than you can get information about its scientific name. If there is a soil survey department in your country than they may have some database which can serve your purpose.

Respetados señores, perdonen mi ignorancia en el tema, pero que yo sepa, no existe una nomenclatura similar a la taxonomía vegetal y animal para los suelos, hasta donde conozco, los suelos se clasifican con base a varios criterios relacionados con la formación de horizontes, composición textural, migración de las arcillas, saturación con bases, presencia de pedones indicadores internos y externos, entre otras. La clasificación detallada conduce a la diferenciación a nivel de series de suelos. Es decir, no basta la información granulométrica para clasificar un suelo.

Soil texture class in refelection of the proportions of sand, silt and clay. This information is more important than a soil's taxonomic name - which reflection of soil parent material, soil formation processes and regional and local influences. If this information is really important then see how your country soil survey describes the soi and then consult either the USDA soil classification of the World soil Classification.

Actually, the scientific basis of the name is focused in the particle size distribution. Additionally, the meaing of "loam" is when the soil sample presents an equilibrium about the three main praticle size (sand, silt and clay). Especifically, in this case, a clay loan textural class would mean a balanced soil particle distribution with a significant part of clay fraction. I hope this helps.

Thank you all for your valuable information.

Adding to the comment made by FH; if water retention is the issue - water retention curves should be determined - this will indeed depend on the clay content, but then in turn also on the clay mineralogy: montmorillonite or kaolinite clay have very different water retention characteristics; and actually porosity will also be important

Knowning whether the soil you worked on is a Vertisol or a Ferralsol would already give a clue. For a very good introduction to soil classification and soil geography check the book "Lecture notes on the major soils of the world" available at ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/agll/docs/wsrr94e.pdf

I concur with the contributions from colleagues that indicate that soil texture alone cannot be used to classify soil type. You also need to be carefull on the diameters used for particle size separation and the textural triangle applied for textural classification.

ionita I.

Solul argilos contine mai putin cernoziom, este mai sarac si genereaza recolte mici. Se prelucreaza mai greu si se preteaza la culturile care nu necesita un volum mare de substante minerale.

Dear Dr.:

Could you visit the USDA technical web page, see below. That helps to find the USDA textural class from two of the following three percentages: %Clay, %Silt and %Sand.

Consider that USDA classes are defined by a set of specific particle size intervals, in the fraction less than 2 mm:

Sand 2 mm - 0.05 mm

Silt 0.05 mm 2000 nm

Clay < 2000 nm.

http://soils.usda.gov/technical/aids/investigations/texture/

Loam

In addition to what my colleagues have suggested, it is important for you to know the type of soil you are working with. if it is an alfisol, vertisol etc. You can get details from USDA soil taxonomy. it is also necessary to know the moisture regime of that soil, whether or not the soil has a bleached horizon, rich in iron or chalky etc. You will detailed soil description from the USDA technical web page.

Do you have a different three soils sample were mixed with different ratios or one soil???? / Clay and silt and sand are just like the texture triangle and we havent clay loam?????????????????????????????????//

I am not a soil scientist rather am a veterinary/poultry pathologist

Scientific names of clay loam soil seems to be a problem. In the first place, scientific names are widely used for naming living organisms and its classification. Clay loam soil can be named scientifically through a taxonomic classification using various reference such as "USDA Classification Scheme, IUSS, UISS and etc. With the use of textural triangle which is widely utilized by various soil science experts, technical name of a specific soil to be classified can be certainly possible. Well then, with the given percentages, therefore your soil is " clay".

Could you visit the USDA soil taxonomy.

When you are saying soil is clay loam to my understanding is a soil with 50% clay and 50% loam. According to soil classification we have three types of soil which is sand soil, loam and clay soil. Clay soil has particles that are less than 0.002mm in diameter, while sand soil has particles that are greater than 0.05mm in diameter. I think you are scientific enough by saying clay soil because you could said soil. By saying clay soil you are more specific stating which soil.

Looking back at your soil result, you had a mixture of 64% clay loam, 33% sand, 3% silt . Do you mean 64% clay? According to the soil textural class, you usually have % sand, % silt and % clay. The class may now be Sandy loam, clay loam etc. Soil taxonomy incorporates other properties to give the soil a nomenclature. if you supply other charateristics, colleagues may be able to help you with the classification.

They probably want to know what soil type that is...anyoane can count grain size fractions according to any textural system...therefore you would need a field description and lab analysis, together with a soil taxonomy manual (Soil taxonomy or WRB) to classify the soil into Chernozem or Luvisol or whatever.

I agree with Gagriel, do you mean 64% of clay instead of clay loam?

Then, what did you made? Did you "create" (1) your soil support by mixing sand, silt and clay or did you use a real soil from nature (2)?

If it is the (1), it is not required to give a soil name, impossible ...then the reviewer is making a mistake. You just have to precise your methodology and why you chosse such proportion.

If it is (2), you have to at least explain from where you take your soil sample, which soil type, which soil horizon. Then it will be possible to give a name, knowing that either in WRB or in US soil taxoniomy you need analyses on the soil to diagnose the "diagnostic horizon"

If it is (2), then give us details to help you.

Greetings

It may be a name having family, suborder and order

I am not a pedologist as well, but your particle size distribution could only be proportions of sand, silt and clay (not clay loam) to enable the use of the soil classification triangle based on texture. By scientific name, as already pointed out by colleagues, you need extra information as to the colour, base saturation, conductivity, CEC, profile development stage etc depending on the system of naming you chose. Try googling for previous work on soil carried out around your site and you may be lucky to find the soil name in one of them. Good luck in your search!

dear RK Sarma, I put this issue to the soil scientist Hendrik j Boshoff at ARC-IIC. he replied Using the USDA soil triangle it would be a CLAY due to 64% .... BUTthe real description can only be done by apodologist who would dig a 1.8m/6 foot trench ... git into it and find the A& B HORIZONS .... in South Africa using our Binomial system for soils it would then be an Arcadia arcadia if it is a black soil or a hutton or Avalon if not ablack soil. hoep to hear from you [email protected]/[email protected]

The term "scientific name" on a particle-size basis may be a bit confusing. Soil names depend on the classification scheme used (Soil Taxonomy by USDA, for example, or FAO/WRB). According to the USDA, a soil with 33% of sand and 3% silt cannot be but clayey, or fine clayey if we use the ISSS system for particle size classification instead. However, the scientific name of a given soil depends on many factors and diagnostic (i.e., measurable) soil properties. Maybe the reviewers should be more precise in their request about the "scientific name".

What the reviewer meant is for you to provide a classification of soil according to US soil taxonomy or FAO classification. Texture alone is not enough for this. You could consult a sol scientist and have the soil of the site classified or give its classification based on a soil map available for the area. Coming to your texture it contains perhaps 63% clay NOT clay loam.

Rest assured that after consulting USDA Soil Taxonomy you will have solved your problem. Probably you may want to know how to use it to come up with a real textural class

I concur with all the explanations given to you by the various researchers. Be familiar with soil classification techniques and also know how to carryout a soil classification activity - know the type of data required and how it should be handled. Then use soil classification manuals as advised. Good luck!

NO scientific name for soil type, but you can try to get from soil classification

such as vertisol, ultisol etc

I am Veterinarian, with a bias in swine health and production but I fell that your problem can at least partly be solved by looking at the USDA Soil Taxonomy.

Thanxs

La solicitud que le estan realizando hace referencia a la clasificación taxonomica, la cual requiere trabajo de campo, para realizar la respectiva descripción, o realizar una busqueda en mapas de suelos, en donde se encuentre el suelo de interes,

Si no cuenta con el mapa de suelos, debe realizar la decripción en campo, realizando una calicata o hueco de aproximadamente 1m por 1m por 1 metro de profundidad,

En este lugar se identifican los horizontes o capas en que se divide el suelo, se hace la respectiva descripción para luego ser clasificado según la soil taxonomy

Dr sharma, I suggest you to contact Indian Institute of Soil Sciences, Bhopal

They might have already classified the soil of your region, or you can send sample to them.

For those still struggling with this issue, the following link may be very helpful

http://www.itc.nl/personal/rossiter/research/rsrch_ss_class.html#WRB

I agree with Dr.Arian Strauch

Hi Mr. Rupak.

There is not scientific name for this type of soil; its name is related to the proportion (%)of clay, silt and sand; with the values of these fractions you classify the soil by using the texture triangle (USDA Soil Survey Manual). It is posible that this soil could have a name, associated to a soil survey; the taxonomic class of Soil Serie is named by using gaographycal local names.. I suggest find out if there is a soil survey in the área where you are working; soil series are mapped at 1;25,000 scale or higher; if there is a study like this, it is posible you can fiind a taxonomic name, depending on the soil cassification sytem used on the soil survey.

Pedro García Montero

Venezuela

Dear Rupak,

When we have clay soil most present particles are Montmorillonite. A good place to learn abou it is: http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/soil200/components/mineral.htm

Regards

Ing. Sergio Monroy Tello

Cubiertas Bioclimaticas de México SA de CV

Dear Rupak,

If you know the series name for the soil of of your experimental field, then put the series name followed by clay loam. If it is Dhubri series, then scientific name of your soil is Dhubri clay loam.

Regards.

M A Saleque

As many have already answered, a clay loam applies to the texture only. A soil scientific name refers to several factors of the soil that might or might not have a reference to texture. Many soils with the same scientific name have 'phases' of related textures. An excellent reference to whether a soil has the clay loam texture or any texture can be found at a USDA-NRCS website with both the textural triangle and a texture calculator at the site. It can be found at-

http://soils.usda.gov/technical/aids/investigations/texture/

You can use the triangle of soil texture classification es. Miller et al. 1958. Fundamental of soil science

As many of my colleagues cover the main concern of your question, I may add that there is no scientific name but what is called in soil science is classification name and such name for any soil is not only involve soil texture but other factors that affect soil formation in a particular region. So the name will include the chemical, biological and hydraulic influences on forming such soil. Best source as my colleague David suggested is USDA-NRCS soil survey or if international, the International classification.

I hope this is helpful

Mahdi

Dr sharma, I do aggree with the sugestion Dr Minakshi GroverI that he suggest you to contact Indian Institute of Soil Sciences, Bhopal. Other consideration, which journal you will submit, for examples if you submit in Europa Journal they will ask on the Europa soil clasification, and if submit in America they request base on the Soil Taxonomy Classification developed by USDA.

I hope this is helpful

Didik

Respectable!

Im not expert in soil science but I have some paper connected with your question .......I hope it will be helpfull for You..........best

The data you have included in your question is related to the texture of the soil sample used in your experimental work. In order to classify a soil, you need the soil profile data (including its different soil horizons); in this way, texture is one of the soil parameters used in the soil taxonomy (other parameters and properties you need are: color, OM, CEC, bedrock, ....).

I do agree with Dr.Arian Strauch

Can check in

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Taxonomy/keys/Spanish_Keys.pdf

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Taxonomy/tax.pdf

Dear Mr Sarma

I m sending one old paper maybe it will be helpful for you

Best

Vesna

Can not say you are wrong as i have not seen a sample but i would

think it very unlikely that you would ever get such a combination in nature of clay silt and sand. 3% between 63 and 2 microns is difficult to explain.

Clay loam is indeed a "scientific" soil textural class. I think you meant what the name of this soil is, e.g. Histosol. This would depend on the soil classification one uses (this has nothing to do with textural classification). Although there are similarities in soil classifications (the Britsih, the USDA or the World Soil Classification), the actual names can be very different. These soil classifications are based on how soil was formed (as well as type of climate in some cases e.g. Aridisols - formed in dry environments) i.e. the processes of soil fomation or the parent material which result in the formation of distinct soil types (classs) e.g. a clay loam could be calcareous soil because it being developed on limestone. Thanks, Peter

Can check in

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Taxonomy/keys/Spanish_Keys.pdf

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Taxonomy/tax.pdf

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Loam soil is a mixture of soil that is the ideal plant-growing medium. It is actually a combination soil, normally equal parts of clay, silt, and sand, which gives the benefits of each with few of the disadvantages.

Clay soils are fairly dense, have good water- and nutrient-retaining properties, and are great for growing flowering plants that need a lot of water. Silt soils come about halfway between clay and sandy soils so silt soils help clay and sand to mix well. Silt soil is very fine and also holds moisture, but, like clay, it can have a tendency to become compact. This sometimes causes drainage problems when used by itself. Most moisture-loving plants, like colored flowers, vines and grasses, grow well in this smooth and slippery soil. Sandy soils by contrast have a rough texture, which helps give good drainage and allow lots of air in the soil. Sand is ideal for drought-loving plants like cacti; however, because of its drainage properties, nutrients can be washed away. This type of soil can also grow tulips, shrubs and other plants that don't need too much water. However, unless you just want to grow desert plants, sandy soil isn't so great by itself.

By combining these three types of soil, loam gives you the best characteristics of all three. This enables you to grow almost any type of plant without having to add too much to the soil. The clay and silt help retain the moisture while the sand keeps the soil from compacting too much. This combination helps with the drainage and means that the soil can just crumble in your hand and yet still hold its shape. As loam doesn't dry out in the summer or get waterlogged in winter, it is an ideal soil all year round.

Check soil triangle. Based on the soil triangle. The name Clay loam was give. Kindly browse in google about soil triangle

The name of soils are mainly come from the amount of three basic particle existed in each soil. These particles are clay, silt and sand. The most dominant particle is used as the first word of soil name and so on.

I support what Dr. Peter Hooda said about your question. In addition you can also carry out some tests like XRD to know the dominant minerals present in that soil and then follow what Dr peter said.

I think, it is beter you follow the Soil classification system that generally used in the journalo that you submit the paper. There are (1) USDA Soil Taxonomy and (2) World Reference Base for sopil Resources (WRB), that commonly used in scientific name of soil. For the USDA soil Taxonomy you can find the web as recomended by Dr Ramiro Ramirez. As for the WRB, there is the web that you can open:

ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0510e/a0510e00.pdf

Hi Rupak Kumar Sarma,

your question is what kind of soil typ I have? That means soil texture!? The mix of sand, silt and clay ?

At the FAO soil description guideslinie is a figure about the soil texture (soil typ) page number 27 or enter 38 in Adobe reader

ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/agll/docs/guidel_soil_descr.pdf

I am wondering what do you mean with 64% clay loam ? It must be a clay and not a clay loam because clay loam descript a mixture of sand, silt and clay!?

If you look at the figure at the guideslines ...

... it should be a heavy clay with 64% clay, 33% sand, 3% silt

The next question could be, what kind of typ of soil it is, for this could help the corresponding Soil Classification System (s. Mr. Mohammad Nurcholis and the other)

Just dig a profile from your experimental site and do soil classification using the recommended soil classification book as indicated by Nurcholis. Check if your clay % was 64 hence you said it was a mixture of 64% CLAY LOAM (i think it was suppose to be 64% clay and not clay loam) that will help you to identify the textural class of your soil. After soil classification you will be able to identify your soil form.

The scientific name of the field soil is not just soil texture but it is related to soil taxonomy (classification system). You can read more about the USDA soil tax. here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USDA_soil_taxonomy

What is the country where your study is being developed? Do you

In line with what Dr Keletso Seetseng said, you will need to do Atterberg limit test which comprises enssentially of Liquid limit and Plastic limit and together with particle size distribution of the soil you can classify the soil based on USCS and AASTHO classification. However, to know the mineralogical composition of the sample upon which the name of soil sample hinged, you will need to do X-Ray diffractometry and Thermal differential analyses of the sample.

Dear colleague, in order to classify a soil you need more data than Texture / granulometry. It is needed to have the pedological characteristics and parameters of the soil horizons (therefore, you need the "soil profile"). When you have this information by horizon (texture, MO, CEC, pH....) as well as data on lithology, etc..then you can classify your soil (see FAO and USDA soil classifications, offical web sites).

a loam soil will have around 33% of clay;Silt;sand

Rerfer to any book on Soil classification

where did you make the experiment? are there soil maps of that area?

To avoid doing a soil classification by your own, you should check the availability of soil maps of your experimental site and check to what soil type correspond.

A clay loam could be a Vertisol, Dermosol or some other variant depedning on other factors menntioned previously, as well as: Does it crack when dry? What is the bulk density? pH? Where is it located in the landscape? What is the parent material? Does it self-mulch? You would need to answer these questions.

It's scietifice name is clay loam. because clay loam is mixture soil. but, due to high level of caly and less amount of sand and silt. you can used the word extreem  clay loam.

A soil with 64% clay is a clay soil NOT Clay Loam. The scientific name of a soil is based on several soil characteristics (e.g., amount of clay, type of clay, pH, OM contents, lime contents, soil temperature, moisture regimes etc) while you are talking about only one character (i.e., soil texture). The scientific name should be such that it should tells all about the said soil from type of clay to soil order. For example, a scientific name of a soil "fine, mixed, mesic, active Typic Argiaquolls" means that this soil belong to order "Mollisols", Suborder "Aquolls", Great Group "Argiaquolls", sub group " Typic Argiaquolls" with a fine texture,  mixed clay mineral contents, mesic (temp 8-15 oC) temperature, and clays active in CE. Thus, naming a soil scientifically requires good knowledge of soil taxonomy and classification.