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Psamment

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Psamment [′sa‚ment]
(geology)
A suborder of the soil order Entisol, characterized by a texture of loamy fine sand or coarser sand, and by a coarse fragment content of less than 35.


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The sandy-textured soil is classified as a typic Xeric Psamment (McArthur 1991) and contained 94% sand, 4.
5 m) were classified as Tenolsols (Isbell 1996), yellow siliceous sand (McArthur 1991), Typic Xeric Psamment (Soil Survey Staff 1987), and Uc5.
1998) as Tenolsols (Isbell 1996); yellow siliceous sand (McArthur 1991); Typic Xeric Psamment (Soil Survey Staff 1987); Uc5.
 
 
 
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