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pod·zol

 (pŏd′zôl′) also pod·sol (-sôl′)
n.
A leached soil formed mainly in cool, humid climates.
[Russian : pod, under; see ped- in Indo-European roots + zola, ashes; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]
pod·zol′ic adj.

podzol

(ˈpɒdzɒl) or

podsol

n
(Geological Science) a type of soil characteristic of coniferous forest regions having a greyish-white colour in its upper leached layers
[C20: from Russian: ash ground, from pod ground + zola ashes]
podˈzolic, podˈsolic adj
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.podzol - a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetationpodzol - a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer
podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol soil
dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
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It was not only the German literature on soil science that had become infiltrated by Russian vocabulary, such as chernozem (black earth), podzol (boreal forest soil), and kashtanozem (chestnut-brown soil).
Russian Science in Translation: How Pochvovedenie Was Brought to the West, c. 1875-1945
Podzol Water table lower than 100cm for a D short period of the year or permanently; saturated for a few days during the rainy season.
Analysis of the urbanisation effects on the increase of flood susceptibility in coastal areas
Schnitzer M, Desjardins JG (1964) Further investigations on the alkaline permanganate oxidation of organic matter extracted from a podzol Bh horizon.
Measuring soil organic carbon: which technique and where to from here?
Podzol development, vegetation change and glacier variations at Haugabreen, southern Norway.
New aspects of high-mountain palaeobiogeography: a synthesis of data from forefields of receding glaciers and ice patches in the Tarna and Kebnekaise Mountains, Swedish Lapland
It is located on an area of slightly podzol soil that lowers northwards.
Remembering through place/Maletamine koha kaudu
In the objects surveyed, the most often encountered soils are turf podzol and pseudo-gley soil, as well as eroded podzol (according to O.
Analysis of some limiting ecological factors on the example of the distribution of the genus Tilia L. cultivated in Latvia
ID Quarter Type of soil Forest Type of forest No site type (for 2013) 1 39 Loam modal podzol C2 Pine forest with spruce with plant cover of lily-of-the-valley and celandine 2 40 Sandy-loam modal B3 Pine forest with podzol spruce and birch with plant cover of lily-of-the-valley and celandine 3 41 Sandy podzol.
Successional dynamics of forest ecosystems composition and productivity
The pH measured annually during the full second-rotation period for three acacia plantations at two sites in Sumatra (Site 1 is a red yellow podzol and Site 2 is a Ferric Acrisol) and one site in southern Vietnam (Chromic Acrisol) is presented in Figure 6.
Productivity of acacia and eucalypt plantations in Southeast Asia. 1. Bio-physical determinants of production: opportunities and challenges/Productivite des plantations d'acacia et d'eucalyptus en Asie du sud-est. 1. Agents bio-physiques de production determinants: opportunites et defis/Productividad de plantaciones de acacia y eucalipto en el sudeste asiatico. 1. Determinantes bio-fisicos..
Increasing feldspar tunneling by fungi across a north Sweden podzol chronosequence.
The multifunctional role of ectomycorrhizal associations in forest ecosystem processes
Territories of water-bearing units and their slopes: 1--Residues are formed by sandy loams, brownish-ashy podzol surface-clayed soil, under arable land; 2--Slopes of water-bearing units composed by forrest-like sandy loam soils and loamy soils, with brownish-ashy surface-clayed washed-out soils, under ploughed field and construction.
Landscape structure of the territory for the purposes of agricultural production (case study: Hertsa district)
These natural grasslands have relatively good hay yield, when the wet/peaty podzol is transformed into (sod-)podzolic gley-soils.
Interrelationships between soil cover and plant cover depending on land use/Muld- ja taimkatte vastastikused seosed soltuvalt maakasutusest
Micromorphological investigation on development of podzol in Amazon basin.
Soils and geoenvironments of the National Park of Virua and surrounding, Roraima: integrated vision of the landscape and environmental service/Solos e geoambientes do parque nacional do virua e entorno, roraima: visao integrada da paisagem e servico ambiental

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