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• Gley soil — in soil science is a type of hydric soil which exhibits a greenish blue grey soil color due to wetland conditions. On exposure to the air, gley colors are transformed to a mottled pattern of reddish, yellow or orange patches. During gley soil… …   Wikipedia

• Gley — may refer to:* Eugène Gley (1857 1930), French physiologist and endocrinologist * Gley soil, a type of hydric soilee also* Glay * Grey (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• gley — [glā] n. [earlier glei < Ukrainian (cf. Russ glina, clay) < IE base * glei , to stick together > CLAY] a sticky, compact, clayey soil that sometimes develops in highly humid regions …   English World dictionary

• Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …   Wikipedia

• gley — /glay/, n. Geol. a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation. Cf. gleization. [1925 30; < Ukrainian glei clayey earth; c. Byelorussian, Russ dial. glei, Serbo Croatian glêj; akin to CLAY] …   Universalium

• gley — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Ukrainian gleĭ clayey earth; akin to Old English clǣg clay more at clay Date: 1927 a sticky clay soil or soil layer formed under the surface of some waterlogged soils • gleyed adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gley — noun /ɡleɪ/ A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish blue grey in colour and low in oxygen. Syn: gleysol, gleisol …   Wiktionary

• gley — /gleɪ/ (say glay) noun a mottled soil, of a grey, blue, or rust colour, forming as a result of waterlogging; caused by anaerobic microorganisms acting on iron compounds in periods of water saturation. {Russian glei clay} –gleying, noun …  

• gley — n. a tacky waterlogged soil grey to blue in colour. Etymology: Ukrainian, = sticky blue clay, rel. to CLAY …   Useful english dictionary

• Hydric soil — A hydric soil is a soil that formed under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part. [This definition (Federal Register, July 13, 1994) replaced the… …   Wikipedia

• 1938 USDA soil taxonomy — The 1938 USDA soil taxonomy was a soil classification system adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture, now obsolete. The classification system used previously was developed and published in 1936 by C.F. Marbut, who was chief of the… …   Wikipedia