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Epipedons
8 epipedons of soil
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 4
09/23/2015

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Anthropic
Definition
human altered or transported material; may contain artifacts like litter or ag practice leftovers
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Folistic
Definition
consists of O matter, usually in cool humid regions; saturated <30 days (cum.)
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Histic
Definition
consists of O matter (peat or muck); reduction due to saturation >30 days (bogs and moors; waterlogged)
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Melanic
Definition
thick, dark with high O matter content; low bulk density and high anion absorption capacity
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Mollic
Definition
loamy VF sand or finer; relatively thick, dark, humus-rich;
Munsell colors: 3 or less moist, 5 or less dry, chroma 3 or less
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Ochric
Definition
miscellaneous (often higher Munsell color values)
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Plaggen
Definition
human made by long-continued manuring; can be black or brown; can contain artifacts
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Umbric
Definition
relatively thick, dark, humus-rich; like mollic but <50% base saturation (NH4OAc); can have toxicity from Al; low in Ca, Mg, and K
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