Oxisol

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 237 words | Copyright

Oxisol A mineral soil, comprising a soil order distinguished by the presence of an oxic horizon within 2 m of the soil surface, or with plinthite close to the soil surface, and without a spodic or argillic horizon above the oxic horizon.

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