Lecture 3- pedogenesis

Question 1

What is CLORPT?

Answer 1

Climate acts on parent materials, in conjunction with organisms, modified by relief (topography), over time.

Question 2

What is chronosequence?

Answer 2

a means of establishing the conological sequence of events from history. mostly done through assessing the impacts from glacial recession and landscape impressions

Question 3

What is anthropopedogenisis?

Answer 3

Soil/ecosystem restoration/ erosion control done by humans to mitigate erosion effects.

Question 4

What are Zonal Soils?

Answer 4

Expression of Biogeoclimatic Processes at a Sone/ subsone level

Question 5

What is podzol?

Answer 5

Excess rainfall, leaching (soil assessment)

Question 6

What is Chernozem?

Answer 6

Grassland Ecosystems

Question 7

What is Luvisol?

Answer 7

Wetting/drying regimes- clay rich

Question 8

What is Cryosol?

Answer 8

impacts of coldness on soil

Question 9

What is Brunisol?

Answer 9

Arid

Question 10

What is Vertisol?

Answer 10

Interior/ continental

Question 11

What is AZonal Soils?

Answer 11

expression of local features and processes

Question 12

What is Regosol?

Answer 12

Brunisol-soil succession

Question 13

What is Gleysol?

Answer 13

Receiving areas

Question 14

What is VErtisol

Answer 14

Shrink/swell, smectite clays..