Figure 3-23. Calcium Carbonate Masses
Masses of secondary calcium carbonate (white bodies below a depth of about 60 cm) in the calcic horizon of an Aridisol.
Masses are non-cemented concentrations that commonly cannot be removed from the soil as a discrete unit. Masses may consist of, but are not limited to, calcium carbonate, fine crystals of gypsum or soluble salts, or iron and manganese oxides. In most cases, masses form in place.
Soil Survey Manual, Ag. Handbook 18, 2017, (p. 169).
Figure 3-23. Calcium Carbonate Masses
Masses of secondary calcium carbonate (white bodies below a depth of about 60 cm) in the calcic horizon of an Aridisol.
Masses are non-cemented concentrations that commonly cannot be removed from the soil as a discrete unit. Masses may consist of, but are not limited to, calcium carbonate, fine crystals of gypsum or soluble salts, or iron and manganese oxides. In most cases, masses form in place.
Soil Survey Manual, Ag. Handbook 18, 2017, (p. 169).