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CHERNOZEM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Geology
DEF

... a group of zonal soils whose surface horizon is dark and highly organic, below which is a lighter-colored horizon and an accumulation of lime.

CONT

Big and little bluestem grasses ... are among the tall grasses found on Brunizem and Chernozem soils ...

OBS

[Chernozem] is developed under conditions of temperate to cool, subhumid climate.

OBS

Thorp (1957) ... noted that chernozem soils ... occur on calcareous or basic initial materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Géologie
DEF

Sol type des steppes continentales froides et sèches (500 mm de pluies) de l'Est européen (Ukraine) et que l'on retrouve dans certaines zones du centre du Canada.

CONT

Des sols, très particuliers et très différents des sols forestiers, se forment sous le couvert des graminées. Ce sont les tchernoziomes, avec toutes leurs variantes.

OBS

Il est caractérisé par une matière organique [teneur moyenne de 4 %] profondément incorporée au sol minéral, pour former un complexe argilo-humique, base d'une très bonne structure en agrégats et d'une excellente fertilité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Geología
DEF

Suelo de estepa, con clima continental, negro, con mucha materia orgánica y muy fértil.

OBS

Tipo de suelo de color oscuro, rico en humus y profundo, propio de climas esteparios con inviernos fríos, en los que se mantiene una vegetación profundamente enraizada.

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