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General Soils Flashcards

1
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How many soils in Alsace?

A

13

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2
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Soils of slopes of the Vosges?

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Granite, Schist, some volcanic

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3
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Soils on the Vosges foothills?

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Limestone
Sandstone
Marls

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4
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Soils on the Rhine/Alsace Plain?

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Alluvium
Loess/loam
Colluvium

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5
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Soils of Champagne

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Chalk
Limestone marls
Sand and Clay

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6
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Champagne Chalk types

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Belemite - squid - BEST
Micraster - sea urchins

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7
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Primary soil in Languedoc?

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Limestone “garrique”
Hills-pockets of granite
Low-iron-rich sedimentary

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8
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Main soils of Bergerac?

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Clay and Limestone

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9
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Fronton soils?

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Boulbenes - sandy clay

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10
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What are the soils of Cahor?

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Limestone - Causses Plateau
Gravelly slopes

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11
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What are Provence main soil types?

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E - Crystal Schist
M - Volcanic
W - Limestone

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12
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What is the soil type of Mt Estrel in Provence?

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Volcanic

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13
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What is the soil type of Mt Maures in Provence?

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Granite

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14
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What are the soil types of most Provence mountains other than Esterel and Maures

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Limestone

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15
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What are the 2 soils associated with scrub brush in S France eg Provence and Languadoc?

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Garrigue - limestone
Maquis - quartz schist

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16
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Northern Rhone

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Granite, mica shicst and granitic sand

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17
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Where are the oldest soils found in Bourgogne?

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Maconnais

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18
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What are wind blown sediments?

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Aeolian

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19
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What are sandy soils composed of weathered feldspars, micas, quartz found in Beaujolais?

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Arène / Gorrhe

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20
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Clay and limestone soils found in Tourraine?

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Aubuis

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21
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Reef-like mounds of earth composed of fossilized corals, starfish and mollusks most famous around Pouilly-Fuisse?

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Bioherm

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22
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What is a thin bed of shale or marl interspersed with sandstone?

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Flysch

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23
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What are sandy clay conglomerates (rounded gravels formed by glaciers) called in SW France?

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Boulbènes

24
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What are small limestone pebbles from Portlandian marl in Centre-Loire eg Sancerre & Pouilly Fume?

A

Caillottes

25
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What is a type of porous limestone found in Champagne?

A

Chalk

26
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What are soils that are developed from rain-driven slope wash?

A

Colluvial

27
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What are soils formed from river sediments?

A

Alluvial

28
Q

What is a short or shallow valley, usually dry, with in a limestone escarpment?

A

Coomb

29
Q

What is the French word for slope?

A

Côte

30
Q

What are the underground ancient quarries found in Champagne called?

A

Crayères

31
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What is a cliff-like ridge of land formed by folding called?

A

Escarpment

32
Q

Large round stoned found in SW, Languedoc and Rhône regions?

A

Galets

33
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What is high grade metamorphic rock, meaning that it has been subjected to higher temperatures and pressures than schist?

A

Gneiss

34
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What are limestone and soils derived from limestone that are so poor they can only support scrub bush found in S France?

A

Garrigue

35
Q

What is an igneous rock formed of quartz formed from compressed ancient magma?

A

Granite

36
Q

What is bedrock that has dropped down parallel between two fault lines?

A

Rift Valley or Graben

37
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What is rock formed through cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

A

Igneous rock

38
Q

What are sedimentary soils composed of fosslized and compacted marine life?

A

Limestone

39
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What are fine wind-blown soil deposits usually comprised of silt and sand?

A

Loess

40
Q

Similar to garrique with poor soils with the ability to only support scrub brush from acidic, crystalline schist?

A

Maquis

41
Q

What is a soil of clay and limestone that hardened over time?

A

Marl

42
Q

What are landforms that manifest as a cluster of mountains, and high elevation plateaus?

A

Massif

43
Q

What are flinty-clay soils found in Touraine and Central Loire?

A

Perruches aka Silex

44
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Known as the golden stone which are broken limestone with iron-oxide found in Beuajolais?

A

Pierres Dorées

45
Q

What is the name for galets in Juançon?

A

Poudingues

46
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These are decomposed schist meaning “rotten rocks” found in Morgon?

A

Roches Pourries

47
Q

And iron-rich clay-limestone soil found in Marcillac?

A

Rougiers

48
Q

What is a type of soil composed of quartz sand that are cemented over time?

A

Sandstone

49
Q

What are soils that are formed from clay that has been compressed within the earth’s crust?

A

Schist

50
Q

in Centre-Loire what are the Kimeridgean marl rich soils that are oyster fossils?

A

Terres Blanches

51
Q

What is a porous limestone found in the Middle Loire?

A

Tuffeau

52
Q

What are volcanic soils found in Beaujolais (specifically Brouilly)?

A

Diorite

53
Q

What are the 4 main soil types of Centre/Upper Loire

A

Caillottes-limestone pebbles
Terrese Blanches
Silex-flint
Sandy Gravel

54
Q

What type of wines are produced in soils of silex?

A

Gunflint aromas

55
Q

What type of wines are produced in soils of caillottes?

A

Perfume that mature quickly

56
Q

What type of wines are produced in soils of terres blanches?

A

Power wines that age

57
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A

FWS AOCs (35 decks)

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