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NATRIC HORIZON [2 records]

Record 1 1977-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Geology
OBS

[A natric horizon is] A special argillic horizon which has prismatic or columnar structure and is more than 15 per cent saturated with exchangeable sodium. This is common in Solonetz and solodized-Solonetz soils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Géologie
OBS

"Parmi les horizons de profondeur", les principaux sont: (...) les "horizons (...) natrique": horizons d'enrichissement du complexe en sodium.

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
DEF

A special argillic horizon which has prismatic or columnar structure and is more than 15 per cent saturated with exchangeable sodium. This is common in solonetz and solodized-solonetz soils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
DEF

Horizon argilique, c'est-à-dire enrichi en argile [qui] présente une structure prismatique ou en colonnes [et] dans lequel Na constitue plus de 15% des bases échangeables.

Spanish

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