EN ISO 11074:2015

Soil quality - Vocabulary (ISO 11074:2015)

ISO 11074:2015 defines a list of terms used in the preparation of the standards in the field of soil quality. The terms are classified under the following main headings:
- general terms (terms relating to soil, soil materials, land, and sites);
- description of soil (soil characteristics, soil water, properties of soils and substances, processes in soil, contamination, pollution, background content);
- sampling (general terms, sample types/sampling type, sampling stages, execution of sampling, quality control samples, sample pretreatment);
- terms relating to the assessment of soils (quality, assessment of soil and sites with respect to risk, hazard and exposure, soil protection);
- remediation (general terms, principal remediation types, engineering-based methods, process-based treatment methods);
- soil ecotoxicology.
NOTE: In addition to text written in the official ISO languages (English, French), this document gives text in German. This text is published under the responsibility of the Member Body for Germany (DIN) and is given for information only. Only the text given in the official lan­guages can be considered as ISO text.

Bodenbeschaffenheit - Wörterbuch (ISO 11074:2015)

Qualité du sol - Vocabulaire (ISO 11074:2015)

L'ISO 11074:2015 définit une liste de termes utilisés lors de l'élaboration des normes dans le domaine de la qualité du sol. Ces termes sont classés selon les rubriques principales suivantes:
- termes et définitions généraux (termes relatifs au sol, aux matériaux du sol, aux terrains et aux sites);
- description du sol (caractéristiques du sol, eau du sol, propriétés du sol et des constituants, processus d'évolution du sol, contamination, pollution, teneur de fond);
- échantillonnage (termes généraux, types d'échantillon/type d'échantillonnage, phases d'échantillonnage, exécution de l'échantillonnage, échantillons de contrôle qualité, prétraitement des échantillons);
- termes et définitions relatifs à l'évaluation des sols (qualité, évaluation du sol et des sites eu égard au risque, à la dangerosité et à l'exposition, protection du sol);
- remédiation (termes généraux, principaux types de remédiation, méthodes de génie civil, méthodes de traitement technologiques);
- écotoxicologie du sol.
NOTE: En complément du texte rédigé dans les langues officielles de l'ISO (anglais, français), le présent document contient du texte en allemand; ce texte est publié sous la responsabilité du Comité membre allemand (DIN) et est donné uniquement pour information. Seul le texte rédigé dans les langues officielles peut être considéré comme étant un texte de l'ISO.

Kakovost tal - Slovar (ISO 11074:2015)

Ta mednarodni standard določa seznam izrazov, ki se uporabljajo na področju kakovosti tal. Izrazi so razvrščeni v več glavnih poglavij: splošni izrazi - opisi tal - vzorčenje - izrazi, povezani z oceno in sanacijo tal.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 16-Jun-2015
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Dec-2015
• ICS: 01.040.13 - Environment. Health protection. Safety (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 13.080.01 - Soil quality and pedology in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 444 - Environmental characterization
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 444/WG 6 - Cross cutting issues
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 17-Jun-2015
• Completion Date: 17-Jun-2015
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 11074:2015 - Soil quality - Vocabulary (ISO 11074:2015)

Relations

• Amended By: EN ISO 11074:2015/A1:2020 - Soil quality - Vocabulary - Amendment 1 (ISO 11074:2015/Amd 1:2020)
• Effective Date: 25-Oct-2017
• Revised: prEN ISO 11074 - Soil quality - Vocabulary (ISO/DIS 11074:2023)
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2015
1DGRPHãþD
SIST ISO 11074:2006
SIST ISO 11074:2006/Cor 1:2006
Kakovost tal - Slovar (ISO 11074:2015)
Soil quality - Vocabulary (ISO 11074:2015)
Bodenbeschaffenheit - Wörterbuch (ISO 11074:2015)
Qualité du sol - Vocabulaire (ISO 11074:2015)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11074:2015
ICS:
01.040.13 Varstvo okolja in zdravja. Environment and health
Varnost (Slovarji) protection. Safety
(Vocabularies)
13.080.01 Kakovost tal in pedologija na Soil quality and pedology in
splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 11074
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2015
ICS 01.040.13; 13.080.01
English Version
Soil quality - Vocabulary (ISO 11074:2015)
Qualité du sol - Vocabulaire (ISO 11074:2015) Bodenbeschaffenheit - Wörterbuch (ISO 11074:2015)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 17 January 2015.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
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Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United
Kingdom.
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
Foreword
This document (EN ISO 11074:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 190 “Soil quality” in
collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 345 “Characterization of soils” the secretariat of which is held
by NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2015, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn
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Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 11074:2015 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 11074:2015 without any modification.

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Deuxième édition
INTERNATIONALE 2015-05-01
Soil quality — Vocabulary
Qualité du sol — Vocabulaire
Bodenbeschaffenheit —Wörterbuch
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ISO 11074:2015(E/F)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
1 Scope . 1
2 General terms and definitions . 1
2.1 Terms and definitions relating to soil . 1
2.2 Terms and definitions relating to soil materials . 4
2.3 Terms and definitions relating to land and sites . 5
3 Description of soil . 7
3.1 Soil characteristics . 7
3.2 Terms and definitions relating to soil water . 8
3.3 Terms and definitions relating to processes in soils . 9
3.4 Terms and definitions relating to contamination .12
3.5 Terms and definitions relating to background content .15
3.6 Terms and definitions relating to sampling gases .17
4 Sampling .18
4.1 General terms and definitions .18
4.2 Sample types/sampling type .22
4.3 Sampling stages .25
4.4 Execution of sampling .27
4.5 Quality control samples . .30
4.6 Sample pretreatment .32
4.7 Terms and definitions relating to geostatistics .32
5 Terms and definitions relating to the assessment of soils .33
5.1 Terms and definitions relating to quality .33
5.2 Terms and definitions relating to assessment of soil and sites with respect to risk, hazard,
and exposure.34
5.3 Terms and definitions relating to soil protection . .37
6 Remediation .37
6.1 General terms and definitions .37
6.2 Principal remediation types .40
6.3 Engineering-based methods .40
6.4 Process-based treatment methods .42
7 Soil ecotoxicology .47
7.1 Biodegradability .47
7.2 Soil fauna .49
7.3 Soil flora .50
7.4 Soil microorganisms .50
Annex A (informative) Relationships between sampling operations .53
Annex B (informative) Index .54
Bibliography .72
ISO 11074:2015(E/F)
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN ISO 11074:2013
01-oktober-2013
Kakovost tal - Slovar (ISO/DIS 11074:2013)
Soil quality - Vocabulary (ISO/DIS 11074:2013)
Bodenbeschaffenheit - Wörterbuch (ISO/DIS 11074:2013)
Qualité du sol - Vocabulaire (ISO/DIS 11074:2013)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 11074
ICS:
01.040.13 Varstvo okolja in zdravja. Environment and health
Varnost (Slovarji) protection. Safety
(Vocabularies)
13.080.01 Kakovost tal in pedologija na Soil quality and pedology in
splošno general
oSIST prEN ISO 11074:2013 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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Soil quality — Vocabulary
Qualité du sol — Vocabulaire
[Revision of first edition / Révision de la première édition (ISO 11074:2005) and / et
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ICS 01.040.13; 13.080.01
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Contents Page
Foreword . iv
1 Scope . 1
2 General terms and definitions . 2
2.1 Terms and definitions relating to soil . 2
2.2 Terms and definitions relating to soil materials . 5
2.3 Terms and definitions relating to land and sites . 7
3 Description of soil . 9
3.1 Soil characteristics . 9
3.2 Terms and definitions relating to soil water . 11
3.3 Terms and definitions relating to properties of soils and substances . 11
3.4 Terms and definitions relating to processes in soils . 13
3.5 Terms and definitions relating to contamination . 17
3.6 Terms and definitions relating to background content . 19
4 Sampling. 21
4.1 General terms and definitions . 21
4.2 Sample types/sampling type . 29
4.3 Sampling stages . 34
4.4 Execution of sampling . 38
4.5 Quality control samples . 43
4.6 Sample pre-treatment . 45
4.7 Terms and definitions relating to geostatistics . 46
5 Terms and definitions relating to the assessment of soils . 47
5.1 Terms and definitions relating to quality . 47
5.2 Terms and definitions relating to assessment of soil and sites with respect to risk, hazard
and exposure . 49
5.3 Terms and definitions relating to soil protection . 53
6 Remediation . 54
6.1 General terms and definitions . 54
6.2 Principal remediation types . 58
6.3 Engineering-based methods . 59
6.4 Process-based treatment methods . 61
7 Soil ecotoxicology . 69
7.1 Biodegradability . 69
7.2 Soil fauna. 70
7.3 Soil flora . 71
7.4 Soil micro-organisms . 73
Annex A (informative) Relationships between sampling operations . 76
Bibliography . 77
Index . 78

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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies
(ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO
technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and
non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
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Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 11074 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 190, Soil quality, Subcommittee SC 1, Evaluation
of criteria, terminology and codification.
This second/third/. edition cancels and replaces the first/second/. edition (), [clause(s) / subclause(s) /
table(s) / figure(s) / annex(es)] of which [has / have] been technically revised.
Annex A is informative.
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ISO/DIS 11074
Soil quality — Vocabulary
1 Scope 1  Domaine d'application
This standard defines a list of terms used in the La présente norme définit une liste de termes
preparation of the standards in the field of soil utilisés lors de la préparation de normes dans le
quality. domaine de la qualité du sol.
The terms are classified under the following main Ces termes sont classés selon les principales
headings : rubriques suivantes :
 General terms (terms relating to soil, to soil  termes généraux (termes relatifs au sol, aux
materials, to land and sites) matériaux du sol, aux terrains et aux sites)
 Description of soil (soil characteristics, soil  description du sol (caractéristiques du sol, eau
water, properties of soils and substances, du sol, propriétés des sols et des constituants,
processes in soil, contamination, background processus d'évolution du sol, pollution, teneur
content) de fond)
 Sampling (general terms, sample  échantillonnage (termes généraux, types
types/sampling type, sampling stages, d'échantillon/type d'échantillonnage, phases
execution of sampling, qua
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