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spodosol

(ˈspɒdəˌsɒl)
n
(Agriculture) a type of ashy soil
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spod•o•sol

(ˈspɒd əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl)

n.
an acidic forest soil of low fertility, common to the cool, humid areas of North America and Eurasia.
[1955–60; < Greek spodó(s) wood ash + -sol]
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Acidic soils are predominantly located in two geographical regions: the northern belt, with a cold and temperate climate and the southern tropical belt, which mainly corresponds to Spodosol, Oxisol and Inceptisol soil orders (Von Uexkiill and Mutert 1995; USDA and NRCS 2005; FAO and ITPS 2015).
and Sanesi, G.: 1997, Weathering of chlorite to a low-charge expandable mineral in a Spodosol on the Apennine Mountains, Italy.
Survey response of soil types used in biochar application Vertisold 2 Spodosol 9 Regosols 5 Rankers 2 Podzols 2 Phaemozems 1 Luvisols 49 Gleysols 1 Fluvisols 63 Cambisols 28 Calsisols 72 Arenosols 1 Note: Table made from bar graph.
III Restricted soil Quartzarenic Neosols Yellow Dystrophic Red Latosol (medium texture) and Iron Quadrangle, Luvisol and Argisol shallow, Chernosol Rendzico, Luvisol Chromic shallow Orthic, shallow Cambisol, Neosoil, Spodosol and some Planosols with thick surface horizons (over 50 cm).
These forests are scattered throughout the central and eastern Amazon basin, where podsol or spodosol soils are found.
David, "Temperature and moisture effects on the production of dissolved organic carbon in a Spodosol," Soil Biology & Biochemistry, vol.
Christ MJ, David MB (1996) Dynamics of extractable organic carbon in Spodosol forest floors.
The experiment was conducted within a fan and pad cooled greenhouse with temperature loosely maintained between 20[degrees] and 30[degrees]C from 12 Feb 2007 to 13 Apr 2007 in a histosol and spodosol. The histosol used was Dania Muck (Euic, hyperthermic, shallow Lithic Haplosaprists, pH 7.4, 65% organic matter) and the spodosol used was Immokalee Fine Sand (Sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Arenic Alaquods, pH 7.8, 1.9% organic matter).
The top of the Pleistocene is characteristically capped by a thick iron-humate paleosol (spodosol), which currently forms pinnacles up to about 1 m high on the beach.
The distribution of Spodosol soils in Southern Michigan: A climatic interpretation.
The precipitation in the coniferous boreal forest was sufficient to produce leached greyish soil called podsol (in modern categories in the order Spodosol) or, in the west with the admixture of aspen in the forest, an Alfisol; scattered across the boreal margin were patches of wet organic soils classified as Histosols (De Blij et al.
Compare and contrast the appearance of a Spodosol and a Mollisol.
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