pedogenic process

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• paleosol —    A soil that formed on a landscape in the past with distinctive morphological features resulting from a soil forming environment that no longer exists at the site. The former pedogenic process was either altered because of external… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Paleosoil — is a soil that formed on a landscape in the past with distinctive morphological features resulting from a soil forming environment that no longer exists at the site. The former pedogenic process was either altered because of external… …   Wikipedia

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• pedogenesis — pedogenesis1 pedogenetic /pee doh jeuh net ik/, pedogenic, adj. /pee deuh jen euh sis/, n. neoteny (def. 1). [1870 75; PEDO 1 + GENESIS] pedogenesis2 pedogenic, pedogenetic /ped euh jeuh net ik/ …   Universalium

• loess — loessial, loessal, adj. /loh es, les, lus/, n. a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia. [1825 35; < G Löss < Swiss G lösch loose, slack (sch taken as a dial.… …   Universalium

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• Canadian system of soil classification — The Canadian system of soil classification is more closely related to the American system than any other. They differ in several ways. The Canadian system is designed to cover only Canadian soils. The Canadian system dispenses with a sub order… …   Wikipedia

• Subaqueous soil — Subaqueous Soils are soils that form in sediment found in shallow permanently flooded environments. Excluded from the definition of these soils are any areas “permanently covered by water too deep (typically greater than 2.5 m) for the growth of… …   Wikipedia