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paleosol
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paleosol [′pāl·ē·ə‚sȯl]
(geology)
A soil horizon that formed on the surface during the geologic past, that is, an ancient soil. Also known as buried soil; fossil soil.


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SUMMARY Paleosols are an important tool in interpreting Quaternary stratigraphic sequences.
Soils at Dunn's Woods are part of the Crider-Urban complex, a well-drained silt loam layered over glacial paleosols with an underlying limestone residuum (Thomas 1981).
We used radiocarbon ages from dune paleosols and OSL ages from sands below dune surfaces to construct a chronology of dune growth and migration for the same area.
 
 
 
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