soil Flashcards
soil profile: mostly organic matter
O - humus
soil profile: mostly minerlas
A - top soil
soil profile: leached clay minerals, organic matter
E - eluviated
soil profile: rich in minerals that leached from A to E
B - subsoil
soil profile: the deposit from which soil developed
C - parent material
soil profile: rock that forms the parent rock
R - Bedrock
soil taxonomy: volcanic ash and soil
andisols
soil taxonomy: organic
histosols
soil taxonomy: high shrink/swell soil
vertisols
soil taxonomy: calcium carbonate accumulation
aridsols
soil taxonomy: permafrost
gelisols
soil taxonomy: intensely weathered, tropics
oxisols
soil taxonomy: baby soil, little to no morphological development
entisols
soil taxonomy: toddler soil, wekly developed
inceptisols
soil taxonomy: older soil, little to no morphological development
ultisols
