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

[Russian dialectal gle, clay.]

gley, glei [gleɪ]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a bluish-grey compact sticky soil occurring in certain humid regions
[from Russian glei clay]


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This area comprises 6 soil subgroups: brown forest soils, brown forest soils with gleyed B and C horizons, iron podzols, peaty podzols (with thin iron pan), non-calcareous gleys, and peaty gleys.
Coaldrake (1961) and Bubb and Croton (2002) described the patterns of soils development within the coastal lowlands of SE Queensland; there is a trend from deep red and yellow earths or red and yellow podsolics on the better-drained upper slope areas through to gleyed podsolics and humic gleys (Stace et al.
However, the various strands of on-site evidence, particularly the micromorphology, point to turfs cut from the surface of peaty podsols or gleys, in damp grassy areas, as being a much more important source of fuel than deep peat, wood or dung.
 
 
 
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