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CHESTNUT SOIL [2 records]

Record 1 1977-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
DEF

dark brown over lighter coloured soil overlying a calcareous horizon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
CONT

Sol châtain. Ces sols sont moins riches en matière organique et moins décarbonatés en surface. En dehors d'un horizon de surface plus foncé, la couleur générale est brune (...). Les horizons de surface contiennent encore des carbonates.

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Geology
DEF

A zonal great group consisting of soils with a moderately thick, dark-brown A horizon over a lighter colored horizon that is above a zone of calcium carbonate accumulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Géologie
CONT

Évolution vers le sol marron, en climat semi-aride, par incorporation très profonde d'un mull [...] calcique de steppe, masquant plus ou moins les oxydes de fer rouges.

Spanish

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