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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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Interpreting a paleosol may be hindered by eroded or partially preserved horizons, complex climatic and environmental histories, and in the case of buried paleosols, alteration of one or more soil horizons by infiltration of material from overlying units.
International year of planet earth 4. Utilizing paleosols in ... by Rutter, Nat / Geoscience Canada
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).
Soil bacterial community structure under exotic versus native ... by Swedo, Barbara L.; Glinka, Clare; Rollo, David R.; Reynolds, Heather L. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
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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