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- A buried soil profile, or paleosol (above geologist’s head), represents soil development during the last interglacial period. A modern soil profile (Alfisol) occurs near the land surface.
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Examples of soil organic carbon (SOC) concentrations of alluvially-buried soil horizons below 1 m depth. Numbers (1, 2) indicate buried soils from different profiles or sites reported in the same study. Letters (a, b) indicate multiple buried soil horizons within a vertical profile.
- Paleosol
Hypothetical landscapes illustrating three types of...
- Topsoil
Measured soil properties of A (ca. 0–30 cm) and B (ca....
- Soil Horizon
Towards digital soil morphometrics. Alfred E. Hartemink,...
- Sediments
Sediments of Aquatic Ecosystems. J. Bloesch, in Encyclopedia...
- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza
Arbuscular mycorrhizas have been detected in more than 80%...
- Paleosol
A buried soil profile, or paleosol (above geologist’s head), represents soil development during the last interglacial period. A modern soil profile (Alfisol) occurs near the land surface. Source: D. Grimley.
SOIL PROFILE DESCRIPTIONS. Soils Properties and Processes. 2003. NRE 430/EEB 489. Master Horizons and Layers. The capital letters O, A, E, B, C, and R represent the master horizons and layers of soils. The capital letters are the base symbols to which other characters are added to complete the designation. Old. New.
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- What Is Soil?
- Importance of Soil
- Soil Forming Factors
The word “soil” has been defined differently by different scientific disciplines. In agriculture and horticulture, soil generally refers to the medium for plant growth, typically material within the upper meter or two (Figure 1). We will use this definition in this chapter. Soil consists predominantly of mineral matter, but also contains organic ma...
Soil is important to our society primarily because it provides the foundation of agriculture and forestry. Of course, soil is also a critical component for terrestrial ecosystems, and thus important to animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. Soil plays a role in nearly all biogeochemical cycles on the Earth’s surface. Global cycling of key elem...
The fundamental factors that affect soil genesis can be categorized into five elements: climate, organisms, relief, parent material, and time. One could say that the relief, climate, and organisms dictate the local soil environment and act together to cause weathering and mixing of the soil parent material over time. As soil is formed it often has ...
- Andrew Frank
- 2019
A significant number of the terms included in this glossary are words that can be found in a common dictionary, but that have specific unique meanings in the context of soil survey and soil classification. Examples include artifacts, buried soil, artificial drainage, component, correlation, horizon, and normal year.
Apr 13, 2022 · A buried soil profile, or paleosol (above geologist ‘s head), represents soil development during the last interglacial period. A modern soil profile (Alfisol) occurs near the land surface. Source: D. Grimley.
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Soil scientists, who are also called pedologists, observe and describe soil profiles and soil horizons to classify and interpret the soil for various uses. Soil horizons differ in a number of easily seen soil properties such as color, texture, structure, and thickness.
