Cambosol and landscape CN
A Carbonatic-Perudic Cambosol and landscape. These soils mainly distribute in carbonate rock mountains with an altitude of over 1000m in Guizhou, Hunan and Sichuan Provinces as well as Chongqing City. They cover concave slopes on the middle of mountains or depressions in peak clusters on top of mountains. Parent materials include weathered materials derived from various carbonate rocks like dolomitic limestone, dolomite, micritic dolomitic limestone, and marlstone. The vegetation is evergreen broad-leaved forest, or deciduous forest mixed with evergreen broadleaved trees or grass and shrubs. Some are used for dry crops. With varied solum thickness, they have the lithological characteristics of carbonate rocks. (Photos and notes courtesy of China Soils Museum, Guangdong Institute of World Soil Resources; with revision.)
In Chinese Soil Taxonomy, Cambosols have low-grade soil development with formation of horizon of alteration or weak expression of other diagnostic horizons. In Soil Taxonomy these soils are commonly Inceptisols, Mollisols, or Gelisols.
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Cambosol and landscape CN
A Carbonatic-Perudic Cambosol and landscape. These soils mainly distribute in carbonate rock mountains with an altitude of over 1000m in Guizhou, Hunan and Sichuan Provinces as well as Chongqing City. They cover concave slopes on the middle of mountains or depressions in peak clusters on top of mountains. Parent materials include weathered materials derived from various carbonate rocks like dolomitic limestone, dolomite, micritic dolomitic limestone, and marlstone. The vegetation is evergreen broad-leaved forest, or deciduous forest mixed with evergreen broadleaved trees or grass and shrubs. Some are used for dry crops. With varied solum thickness, they have the lithological characteristics of carbonate rocks. (Photos and notes courtesy of China Soils Museum, Guangdong Institute of World Soil Resources; with revision.)
In Chinese Soil Taxonomy, Cambosols have low-grade soil development with formation of horizon of alteration or weak expression of other diagnostic horizons. In Soil Taxonomy these soils are commonly Inceptisols, Mollisols, or Gelisols.
For additional information about this soil and the Soils Museum, visit:
www.giwsr.com/en/article/index/244
For additional information about Soil Taxonomy, visit: