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Topic 10) Soil Classifiaction Flashcards

(11 cards)

1
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Canadian System of Soil Classifcation

A

Groups together siils with similar characteristics

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Regosol

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Young, underdevopled soil due to

Diagnostic:
Theses soils do not have a B horizaon or (may not have an A horizon)

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Brunisol

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Soils in which horizon have undergone only slight development from the parent material

Diagnostic:
Bm horizon at least 5 cm thick and otherwise lacks the diagonostic properties of soil or other others

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Luvisol

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Charactierzed by a textual constrict between the A and B horizon

Diagnostic: horizons at least 5 cm think in which silcate caly is the man accumlation product

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Chernozem

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Contans alot of OM in the top layers limiting the growth of trees

Diagnstic:
A dark brown surface horizon enriched with OM at least 10 cm thick

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Solonetz

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Diagnostic:

has a soloentizic B horizon. This horizon has columnar or prismatic structure.

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Greysol

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Soils deveploed under wet conditions

Diagnostic:

These soils have low chromas or prominet mottling or both

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Podzol

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Contians pozolic B horizon in which combinations of amorphous Al, Fe, and organic mater have 10 cm think

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Vertisol

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Found in cool, subarid to subhumind grasslands

Diagnostic: These soils have both slickenside and vertic horizons

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Cryosol

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They form in regoins that have mean annuel soil tempertue below 0C

Diagnostic: These soils have permafrost within 1m of the surface areass

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Organic

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Soils that hvae deveopled in organic deposting including soils commony known as peat, bog, or fen soils.

Diagnostics:
They contian more then 17% carbon. and the organic layer must be at least 30 cm thick.

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