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Histosol
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Histosol [′his·tə‚sȯl]
(geology)
An order of wet soils consisting mostly of organic matter, popularly called peats and mucks.
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Accordingly, the unique EPL for Histosols and Regosols (30 and 10 cm) and SC depth (50 and 25 cm) were considered to be conventional.
Stocks of organic carbon in Estonian soils/Orgaanilise susiniku varud ... by Kolli, Raimo; Ellermae, Olav; Koster, Tiina; Lemetti, Illar; Asi, Endla; Kauer, Karin / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
[FIGURE 4 OMITTED] The first class was defined using the following soil suborders as indicators of wetland presence, since they are related to hydromorphic processes: Alfisols of Suborders Aqualfs, Entisols Aquents and Fluvents, Inceptisols Aquepts, Mollisols Aquic and Aquolls and Histosols Saprists and polygons corresponding to Mollisols of Suborders Udolls and Ustolls corresponding to subgroup Aquic (Table 2).
Distribuicao de areas umidas na Argentina, estimada a partir de mapas ... by Kandus, Patricia; Minotti, Priscilla; Malvárez, Ana Inés / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)
Although several histosols are referred to as peat, the most characteristic peatland soil is Houghton Muck.
The relationship between glacial geologic processes and peatland ... by Parker, George R. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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