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gley

 (glā)
n.
A sticky, bluish-gray subsurface layer of clay found in some waterlogged soils.

[Russian dialectal gleĭ, clay.]
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gley

(ɡleɪ) or

glei

n
(Physical Geography) a bluish-grey compact sticky soil occurring in certain humid regions
[C20: from Russian glei clay]
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Soils were chosen from four soil orders: Allophanic (n = 9), Gley (n = 9), Recent (n = 6) and Brown (n = 3) (see Table SI, available as Supplementary Material).
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The soils were, according to the New Zealand Soil Classification (Hewitt 1998; USDA Classification in parentheses), Recent Gley (Aquent) and Pallic (Fragiochrept) soils of poor structural stability and Brown (Dystrochrept) and Melanic (Rendoll) soils of good structural stability.
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His side have aided that ambition superbly, batting out the opening Test for two days to salvagea draw before romping toa10-wicket victory at Head in gley to claim a priceless 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
Larne were fined pounds 8,000 and relegated after being docked 16 points by the IFA on Friday night for playing Gollo gley in 16 games without proper clearance.
Under pasture, total OC concentration in Allophanic soils (86 mg C [g.sup.-1] soil) was greater than that of the other Soil Orders (P < 0.001), which ranged from 42 (Pallic) to 46 (Gley) mg C [g.sup.-1] soil (Table 2).
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