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Inceptisol

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Inceptisol [in′sep·tə‚sȯl]
(geology)
A soil order characterized by soils that are usually moist, with pedogenic horizons of alteration of parent materials but not of illuviation.


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The surface soil consisted of an A-Bw-C-horizon sequence, characterized as an inceptisol, that also suggests limited soil development.
These orders were classified into ordinal categories based on increased fertility and decreased acidity: 0 = histosol and spodosol, 1 = entisol, 2 = inceptisol, 3 = mollisol, and 4 = alfisol.
Soil at the station is classified as Alfisol, Ultisol, Inceptisol, and Entisol orders with deep red color, high in silt to silt loam.
 
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