Who are geologists?How do they name soils?

Question

Who are the people called geologists?How do they name soils?According to what do they name soils?Are they scientists,farmers,etc?

Answer 1

A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologist
The FAO developed a supra-national classification, also called World Soil Classification, which offers useful generalizations about soils pedogenesis in relation to the interactions with the main soil-forming factors. It was first published in form of the UNESCO Soil Map of the World (1974) (scale 1 : 5 M.). Many of the names offered in that classification are known in many countries and do have similar meanings.

Originally developed as a legend to the Soil Map of the World, the classification has been applied by United Nations sponsored projects. Many countries have modified this system to fit their particular needs.

The Soil Units (106) are mapped as Soil Associations, designated by the dominant soil unit,

with soil phases (soil properties, such as saline, lithic, stony),
with three textural classes (coarse, medium, and fine)
three slopes classes superimposed (level to gently undulating, rolling to hilly, and steeply dissected to mountainous)
Soil Units form 26 World Classes. The FAO soil map is a very simple classification system with units very broad, but it is the only truly international system, and most soils can be accommodated on the basis of their field descriptions. The FAO soil map is intended for mapping soils at a continental scale but not at local scale.

FAO Soil Units
Acrisols
Andosols
Arenosols
Cambisols
Chernozems
Ferralsols
Fluvisols
Gleysols
Greyzems
Gypsisols
Histosols
Kastanozems
Lithosols
Luvisols
Nitosols
Phaeozems
Planosols
Podzols
Podzoluvisols
Rankers
Regosols
Rendzinas
Solonchaks
Solonetz
Vertisols
Yermosols
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAO_soil_classification
See map of world soil in
http://www.fao.org/sd/frdirect/gis/chap7.htm

Answer 2

Geologists are those specialized in Geology , the science of earth and they are scientists who name soil according to a certain method.

Answer 3

Interesting question! check these out!

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/career/geologist.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologist