Gleysol LV
A greyed soil (Gleysol) from Latvia. (Photo revised, and information courtesy of Andrea Howard.)
latviaforthewin.blogspot.com/2013/03/soils-of-latvia.html
Gleyed soil happens when the parent material is rich in carbon or the water contains a lot of calcium and magnesium and is very fertile.
Each soil type, no matter how insignificant in amount, plays in Latvia’s ability to produce crops as well as selecting locations for animal grazing or even housing. While the variety can prove to be a problem in how to use it, soils are able to be cultivated so they may become fertile and useable. The infertile soil that makes up the majority of the land in Latvia can become fertile and used as agriculturally viable land.
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Gleysols comprise soils saturated with groundwater for long enough periods to develop reducing conditions resulting in gleyic properties, including underwater and tidal soils. This pattern is essentially made up of reddish, brownish or yellowish colours at aggregate surfaces and/or in the upper soil layers, in combination with greyish/bluish colours inside the aggregates and/or deeper in the soil. Many underwater soils have Annex 1 - Description, distribution, use and management of Reference Soil Groups 159 only the latter. Gleysols with a thionic horizon or hypersulfidic material (acid sulfate soils) are common. Redox processes may also be caused by upmoving gases, like CO2 or CH4. Common names for many Gleysols are Gley (former Soviet Union), Gleyzems (Russia), Gleye, Marschen, Watten and Unterwasserböden (Germany), Gleissolos (Brazil) and Hydrosols (Australia). In the United States of America many Gleysols belong to Aquic Suborders and Endoaquic Great Groups of various Orders (Aqualfs, Aquents, Aquepts, Aquolls, etc.) or to the Wassents. (WRB-World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014)
For more information about soil classification using the WRB system, visit:
www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.pdf
For more information about describing soils, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_052523...
For additional information about soil classification using Soil Taxonomy, visit:
Gleysol LV
A greyed soil (Gleysol) from Latvia. (Photo revised, and information courtesy of Andrea Howard.)
latviaforthewin.blogspot.com/2013/03/soils-of-latvia.html
Gleyed soil happens when the parent material is rich in carbon or the water contains a lot of calcium and magnesium and is very fertile.
Each soil type, no matter how insignificant in amount, plays in Latvia’s ability to produce crops as well as selecting locations for animal grazing or even housing. While the variety can prove to be a problem in how to use it, soils are able to be cultivated so they may become fertile and useable. The infertile soil that makes up the majority of the land in Latvia can become fertile and used as agriculturally viable land.
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Gleysols comprise soils saturated with groundwater for long enough periods to develop reducing conditions resulting in gleyic properties, including underwater and tidal soils. This pattern is essentially made up of reddish, brownish or yellowish colours at aggregate surfaces and/or in the upper soil layers, in combination with greyish/bluish colours inside the aggregates and/or deeper in the soil. Many underwater soils have Annex 1 - Description, distribution, use and management of Reference Soil Groups 159 only the latter. Gleysols with a thionic horizon or hypersulfidic material (acid sulfate soils) are common. Redox processes may also be caused by upmoving gases, like CO2 or CH4. Common names for many Gleysols are Gley (former Soviet Union), Gleyzems (Russia), Gleye, Marschen, Watten and Unterwasserböden (Germany), Gleissolos (Brazil) and Hydrosols (Australia). In the United States of America many Gleysols belong to Aquic Suborders and Endoaquic Great Groups of various Orders (Aqualfs, Aquents, Aquepts, Aquolls, etc.) or to the Wassents. (WRB-World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014)
For more information about soil classification using the WRB system, visit:
www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.pdf
For more information about describing soils, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_052523...
For additional information about soil classification using Soil Taxonomy, visit: