azonal soils

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• azonal soil —    Soils without distinct layering in horizons [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• azonal soil — noun 1. : a major soil group often classified as a category of the highest rank and embracing soils that lack well developed horizons because of immaturity or other factors that have prevented their development compare intrazonal soil, zonal soil …   Useful english dictionary

• azonal — adjective Date: 1938 of, relating to, or being a soil or a major group of soils lacking well developed horizons often because of immaturity compare intrazonal, zonal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• azonal soil — /eɪˌzoʊnəl ˈsɔɪl/ (say ay.zohnuhl soyl) noun one of a group of immature soils on which climate and vegetation have had little influence …  

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• lithosol — noun Etymology: lith + Latin solum soil Date: circa 1938 any of a group of shallow azonal soils consisting of imperfectly weathered rock fragments …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• regosol — noun Etymology: rego (as in regolith) + Latin solum soil more at sole Date: 1949 any of a group of azonal soils consisting chiefly of imperfectly consolidated material and having no clear cut and specific morphology …   New Collegiate Dictionary