Glossudalf PL
An Oxyaquic Glossudalf from south-west Poland--lower Silesia region and the Sudetes Mountains, formed in sandy material over till. (Photo provided by Cezary Kabala, Institute of Soil Science, University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.)
These soils are classified as Eutric Albic Endostagnic Retisols (Anoarenic, Aric, Endoloamic, Ochric, Raptic) by the World Reference Base (WRB).
Oxyaquic Glossudalfs are the Glossudalfs that are saturated with water within 100 cm of the mineral soil surface for 20 or more consecutive days or 30 or more cumulative days in normal years. The wetness is caused mainly by slowly permeable materials in the lower horizons or the substratum. These soils are of small extent and are mostly in the south-central and north-central parts of the United States.
Glossudalfs have an argillic horizon that shows evidence of destruction in the form of a glossic horizon. The glossic horizon extends through the argillic horizon in some of these soils. Glossudalfs do not have very dark red colors throughout the argillic horizon. They are more extensive in Europe than in the United States.
For more information about this soil, visit:
sites.google.com/site/dinpuithai/Home/taxonomy/j-alfisols...
For more information on the World Reference Base soil classification system, visit:
www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.pdf
For additional information about the US Soil Taxonomy soil classification system, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/cla...
Glossudalf PL
An Oxyaquic Glossudalf from south-west Poland--lower Silesia region and the Sudetes Mountains, formed in sandy material over till. (Photo provided by Cezary Kabala, Institute of Soil Science, University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.)
These soils are classified as Eutric Albic Endostagnic Retisols (Anoarenic, Aric, Endoloamic, Ochric, Raptic) by the World Reference Base (WRB).
Oxyaquic Glossudalfs are the Glossudalfs that are saturated with water within 100 cm of the mineral soil surface for 20 or more consecutive days or 30 or more cumulative days in normal years. The wetness is caused mainly by slowly permeable materials in the lower horizons or the substratum. These soils are of small extent and are mostly in the south-central and north-central parts of the United States.
Glossudalfs have an argillic horizon that shows evidence of destruction in the form of a glossic horizon. The glossic horizon extends through the argillic horizon in some of these soils. Glossudalfs do not have very dark red colors throughout the argillic horizon. They are more extensive in Europe than in the United States.
For more information about this soil, visit:
sites.google.com/site/dinpuithai/Home/taxonomy/j-alfisols...
For more information on the World Reference Base soil classification system, visit:
www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.pdf
For additional information about the US Soil Taxonomy soil classification system, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/cla...