Surface samples mapping Belgian soil map

The dataset ‘surface samples mapping Belgian soil map’ contains the most relevant information of all surface samples from the Pottery-Flanders-2010 database. For a complete display of all attribute information of the surface samples, please refer to the complete Pottery-Flanders-2010 database. Pottery-Flanders-2010 is a database with the description and analysis results of 7,020 soil profiles and 42,529 associated soil horizons, supplemented by 9,281 surface samples, all located on the territory of Flanders and Brussels. These data (143 variables) were collected during the systematic soil profile study conducted in Belgium between 1949 and 1971, under the auspices of the Institute to encourage Scientific Research in Industry and Agriculture. The Centre for Ground Research of the University of Ghent with departments at the Catholic University of Leuven and the Faculty of Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux was responsible for the realisation of this study.