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Spodosols

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

Spodosols An order describing soils in which subsurface horizons contain amorphous materials comprising organic matter and compounds of aluminium and often iron that have accumulated illuvially (see ILLUVIATION). Such soils form in acid material, mainly coarse in texture, in humid cool to temperate climates, often beneath coniferous forests.

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Spodosols

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

Spodosols An order of soils in which subsurface horizons contain amorphous materials comprising organic matter and compounds of aluminium and often iron that have accumulated illuvially (see illuviation). Such soils form in acid material, mainly coarse in texture, in humid cool to temperate climates, often beneath coniferous forests.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "Spodosols." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-Spodosols.html

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Spodosols

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

Spodosols Order of soils in which subsurface soil horizons contain amorphous materials comprising organic matter and compounds of aluminium and often iron that have accumulated illuvially. Such soils form in acid material, mainly coarse in texture, in humid, cool to temperate climates.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Spodosols." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Spodosols.html

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