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OXISOL [1 record]

Record 1 1989-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Geology
DEF

Soils of tropical and subtropical regions characterized by the presence of a horizon (oxic) from which most of the combined silica has been removed by weathering leaving oxides of iron and aluminum and some quartz.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Géologie
OBS

Les oxisols de la classification américaine correspondent de manière assez étroite aux sols ferrallitiques; ils sont caractérisés par l'horizon oxique,

Spanish

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