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Soil Classification Flashcards

1
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surface horizon; occurring at the soil surface; upper profile; topsoil

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epipedon

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subsurface; bellow the surface; the lower profile; subsoil

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endopedon

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poorly and very poorly drained (SM regime)

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Aquic

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arid and semi-arid (SM regime)

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Aridic

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humid, seasonally well distributed precipitation (SM regime)

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Udic

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6
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Mediterraneantype climate with cool, moist winters and warm, dry summers (SM regime)

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Xeric

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7
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P>ET (SM regime)

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Perudic

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semiarid, moisture available for portions of the growing season (SM regime)

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Ustic

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9
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Too cold for virtually all crops; very cold MAST (<0°C)

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Gelic

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10
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Too cold for virtually all crops; cold MAST (<8°C) also cold in summer

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Cryic

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Too cold for all but cold weather crops, such as Wheat, Barley or oats; cold MAST (<8°C) warmer in summer

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Frigid

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Suited for crops such as corn, wheat and soybeans; moderate MAST (8-15°C)

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Mesic

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Suited to warm weather crops such as cotton; warm MAST (15-22°C)

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Thermic

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Suited to citrus and other freeze-intolerant crops; hot MAST (>22°C)

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Hyperthermic

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15
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dark, at least moderate content of organic matter, sandy or
loamy; resulting from application of sods and excrements (anthropogenic horizon)

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plaggic

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16
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in paddy soils: the layer comprising the puddled layer
and the plough pan, both showing a reduced matrix and oxidized root
channels (anthropogenic horizon)

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anthraquic

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17
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in paddy soils: the layer below the anthraquic horizon
showing redoximorphic features and/or an accumulation of Fe and/or Mn (anthropogenic horizon)

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hydragric

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18
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accumulation of secondary carbonates, non-cemented (organic or mineral horizon)

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calcic

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19
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high amounts of readily soluble salts (organic or mineral horizon)

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salic

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20
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perennially frozen (visible ice or, if not enough water, < 0°C) (organic or mineral horizon)

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cryic

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21
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with sulfuric acid and a very low pH value (organic or mineral horizon)

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thionic

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22
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organic layer, not water-saturated and not drained (no swamp)

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folic

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23
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organic layer, water-saturated or drained (swamp)

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histic

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24
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thick, dark-coloured, high base saturation, moderate to high
content of organic matter, not massive and hard when dry (mineral horizon)

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mollic

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25
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thick, dark-coloured, low base saturation, moderate to high
content of organic matter, not massive and hard when dry (mineral horizon)

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umbric

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26
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subsurface layer with distinctly higher clay content than the
overlying layer and/or presence of illuvial clay

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argic

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27
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horizon ≥ 15% (single or in combination) of reddish concretions and/or nodules or of concentrations in platy, polygonal or reticulate patterns; high contents of Fe oxides, at least in the concretions, nodules or concentrations

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plinthic

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28
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horizon evidence of pedogenic alteration; not meeting the criteria of diagnostic horizons that indicate stronger alteration or accumulation processes

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cambic

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29
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horizon strongly weathered; dominated by kaolinites and oxides

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ferralic

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30
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horizon rich in clay and Fe oxides, moderate to strong structure, shiny aggregate faces

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nitric

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31
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horizon dominated by swelling and shrinking clays

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vertic

32
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properties surface layer characteristics of soils under arid conditions

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aridic

33
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very sharp increase in clay content within a limited depth range

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abrupt textural difference

34
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interfingering of coarser-textured and lighter coloured material into an argic horizon forming vertically continuous tongues (special case of retic properties)

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albeluvic glossae

35
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properties short-range-order minerals and/or organo-metallic complexes

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andic

36
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properties saturated with groundwater (or upwards moving gases) long enough that reducing conditions occur

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gleyic

37
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material: < 20% soil organic carbon and ≥ 35% (by volume) organic artefacts

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organotechnic

38
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material: light-coloured fine earth, expressed by high Munsell value and low
chroma

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claric

39
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created, substantially modified or brought to the surface by humans; no subsequent substantial change of chemical or mineralogical properties

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artefacts

40
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material: sedimented by wind

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aeolic

41
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material: ≥ 2% calcium carbonate equivalent, at least partially inherited from
the parent material

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calcaric

42
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material: fluviatile, marine or lacustrine deposits with evident stratification

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fluvic

43
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Soils with thick organic layers

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histosols

44
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soils with strong human influence with long and intensive agricultural use

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anthrosols

45
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soils with strong human influence containing significant amounts of artefacts

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technosols

46
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soils with limitations to root growth, permafost-affacted

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cryosols

47
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soils with limitations to root growth, thin or with many coarse fragments

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leptosols

48
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soils with limitations to root growth, with a high content of exchangeable Na

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solonetz

49
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soils with limitations to root growth, alternating wet-dry conditions, shrink swell clay minerals

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vertisols

50
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soils with limitations to root growth, high concentration of soluble salts

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solonchaks

51
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Soils distinguished by Fe/Al chemistry, groundwater-affected, under water or tidal areas

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gleysol

52
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Soils distinguished by Fe/Al chemistry, allophones and/or Al-humus complexes

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andosols

53
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Soils distinguished by Fe/Al chemistry, subsoil accumulation of humus and/or oxides

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podzols

54
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Soils distinguished by Fe/Al chemistry, accumulation and redistribution of Fe

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plinthosols

55
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Soils distinguished by Fe/Al chemistry, stagnant water, abrupt textural difference

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planosols

56
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Soils distinguished by Fe/Al chemistry, stagnant water structural difference and or moderate textural difference

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stagnosols

57
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Soils distinguished by Fe/Al chemistry, low activity clays, Pfixation, many Fe oxides, strongly structured

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nitisols

58
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Soils distinguished by Fe/Al chemistry, dominance of kaolinite and oxides

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ferralsols

59
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Pronounced accumulation of organic matter in the mineral topsoil; very dark topsoil, secondary carbonates

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chernozems

60
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Pronounced accumulation of organic matter in the mineral topsoil; dark topsoil , secondary carbonates

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kastanozems

61
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Pronounced accumulation of organic matter in the mineral topsoil; dark topsoil, no secondary carbonates (unless very deep), high base status

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phaeozems

62
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Pronounced accumulation of organic matter in the mineral topsoil; dark topsoil, low base status

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umbrisols

63
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Accumulation of moderately soluble salts or non-saline substances; and cementation by secondary silica

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durisols

64
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Accumulation of moderately soluble salts or non-saline substances; secondary gypsum

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gypsisols

65
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Accumulation of moderately soluble salts or non-saline substances; secondary carbonates

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calcisols

66
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Soils with clay-enriched subsoil; inter fingering of coarser-textured, lighter colored material into a finer-textured, stronger colored layer

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retisols

67
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Soils with clay-enriched subsoil; low activity clays, low base status

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acrisols

68
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Soils with clay-enriched subsoil; low activity clays, high base status

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lixisols

69
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Soils with clay-enriched subsoil; high activity clays, low base status

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alisols

70
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Soils with clay-enriched subsoil; high activity clays, high base status

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luvisols

71
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Soils with little or no profile differentation; moderately developed

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cambisols

72
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Soils with little or no profile differentation; stratified fluviatile, marine lacustrine sediments

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fluvisols

73
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Soils with little or no profile differentation; sandy

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arenosols

74
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Soils with little or no profile differentation; no significant profile development

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regosols

75
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water that comes from rain

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atmocline

76
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water that comes from groundwater

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lithocline

77
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