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Record 1 2002-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Geology
DEF

[A profile] involving soil horizons of different soil-forming periods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Géologie
OBS

Le profil est «polygénétique, polycyclique» ou «polyphasé» quand il a subi plusieurs pédogenèses successives - 2 au moins - dont les effets se sont superposés ou combinés, parfois l'influence de la dernière pédogenèse ayant fait disparaître certains caractères que la pédogenèse précédente lui avait conférés.

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