Pedalfer is composed of aluminum and iron oxides. It is a subdivision of the zonal soil order comprising a large group of soils in which sesquioxides increase relative to silica during soil formation. Pedalfers usually occur in humid areas. It is not used in the current United States system of soil classification but the term commonly shows up in ...
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(from the article `China`) ...two classifications. Generally speaking, the soils north of the Qin Mountains–Huai River line are pedocals (calcareous) and are neutral to ...
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A common soil type in humid regions, characterized by an abundance of iron oxides and clay minerals
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The soil of a humid region in which iron and aluminium have leached into the B horizon, but which has no carbohydrate zone.
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A common soil type in humid regions, characterized by an abundance of iron oxides and clay minerals deposited in the B-horizon by leaching.
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pedalfer 1. In agronomy, a leached soil that develops in humid regions and is characterized by an accumulation or concentration of aluminum and iron oxides.2. An acid soil type found in humid regions rich in aluminium and iron compounds, but low in carbonates.
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A generic term used to describe the soils typically formed in a humid region. Characteristically have an accumulation of iron and aluminum oxides and hydroxides.
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