Ch 14 Soil Classification Flashcards by Olivia Todd

Q

Histic

A

Organic C and wet

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Mollic

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Thick, dark A horizon

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Orchic

A

light colored A horizon

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Common Colorado Epipedons

A

Histic, Mollic and Orchic

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Albic

A

White colored E horizon

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Argillic

A

Bt horizon that contains high clay

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Calcic

A

accumulation of CaCO3

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Cambic

A

Bw horizon

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Duripan

A

dense, illuviated by silicate

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Fragipan

A

high Bd and low C

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Glossic

A

contains jagged boundary with adjacent horizon

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Kandic

A

horizon is dominated by kaolinite

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Natric

A

high sodium content

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Oxic

A

high in Fe, Al oxides. red in color

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Spodic

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Bhs layer, illuvial accumulation of accumulation Fe, Al oxides and humus

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