Difference between revisions of "Histosol"

Latest revision as of 18:21, 28 June 2017

An histosol (HS) can be defined through :

a histic or folic horizon
- 10 cm or more thick from the soil surface to a lithic or paralithic contact
- 40 cm or more thick and starting within 30 cm from the soil surface

and :

the lack of an andic or vitric horizon starting within 30 cm from the soil surface

For each RSG, there are some possible prefix and suffix qualifiers :

Prefix qualifiers		Suffix qualifiers

Folic Limnic Lignic Fibric Hemic Sapric Floatic Subaquatic Glacic Ombric Rheic Technic Cryic Hyperskeletic Leptic Vitric Andic Salic Calcic		Thionic Ornithic Calcaric Sodic Alcalic Toxic Dystric Eutric Turbic Gelic Petrogleyic Placic Skeletic Tidalic Drainic Transportic Novic

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 An '''histosol''' (HS) can be defined through :
-* a [[Histic horizon (WRB)|histic]] or [[Folic horizon (WRB)|folic]] horizon
+* a [[Has for diagnostic horizon::Histic horizon (WRB)|histic]] or [[Has for diagnostic horizon::Folic horizon (WRB)|folic]] horizon
 ** 10 cm or more thick from the soil surface to a lithic or paralithic contact
 ** 40 cm or more thick and starting within 30 cm from the soil surface
 and :
-* the lack of an [[Andic horizon (WRB)|andic]] or [[Vitric horizon (WRB)|vitric]] horizon starting within 30 cm from the soil surface
+* the lack of an [[Has for diagnostic horizon::Andic horizon (WRB)|andic]] or [[Has for diagnostic horizon::Vitric horizon (WRB)|vitric]] horizon starting within 30 cm from the soil surface
 ==Possible qualifiers==