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  2. Soil horizon - Wikipedia

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    The WRB lists 40 diagnostic horizons. In addition to these diagnostic horizons, some other soil characteristics may be needed to define a soil type. Some soils do not have a clear development of horizons. A soil horizon is a result of soil-forming processes (pedogenesis). [5] Layers that have not undergone such processes may be simply called ...

  3. USDA soil taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    The soil suborders within an order are differentiated on the basis of soil properties and horizons which depend on soil moisture and temperature. Forty-seven suborders are recognized in the United States. [6] The soil great group category is a subdivision of a suborder in which the kind and sequence of soil horizons distinguish one soil from ...

  4. Stonelayer - Wikipedia

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    A stonelayer occupies the basal horizon of two-layered soil biomantles (Paton et al. 1995; Schaetzl and Anderson 2005; Fey 2009; Wilkinson et al. 2009). A stonelayer may be one stone thick, and thus appear in a trench or pit as a "stone line," or it may be several stones thick and appear as a "stone zone" (Johnson 1989).

  5. World Reference Base for Soil Resources - Wikipedia

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    albic horizon (the claric material is the result of a soil-forming process, here: downward migration of clay minerals and oxides) Question 2: To which RSG does the soil belong? We have to go through the key, RSG for RSG. This soil is not a Histosol, not an Anthrosol, not a Technosol etc. Finally, we end up with the Luvisol. This is the first ...

  6. Cambic horizon - Wikipedia

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    Influenced primarily by soil forming processes over time, it commonly forms below an albic horizon. It has less clay content than an argillic horizon but is still a visible layer. [ 3 ] In the pedogenesis process under a chronosequence , once the soil develops into an alfisol, the Cambic horizon will develop into an argillic (Bt) horizon.

  7. Duripan - Wikipedia

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    A duripan is a diagnostic soil horizon of the USDA soil taxonomy that is cemented by illuvial silica into a subsurface hardpan. Similar to a fragipan, Petrocalcic Horizon and petrogypsic horizon, it is firmly cemented and restricts soil management. In soil descriptions, they are most often denoted by the symbol Bqm.

  8. Soil fertility - Wikipedia

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    Soil scientists use the capital letters O, A, B, C, and E to identify the master horizons, and lowercase letters for distinctions of these horizons. Most soils have three major horizons—the surface horizon (A), the subsoil (B), and the substratum (C). Some soils have an organic horizon (O) on the surface, but this horizon can also be buried.

  9. Soil formation - Wikipedia

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    Soil formation, also known as pedogenesis, is the process of soil genesis as regulated by the effects of place, environment, and history. Biogeochemical processes act to both create and destroy order within soils.