Andosol

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An andosol (AN) can be defined through :

  • a vitric or an andic horizon starting within 25 cm from the soil surface

and :

  • no diagnostic horizons (unless buried deeper than 50 cm) other than a histic, fulvic, melanic, mollic, umbric, ochric, duric or cambic horizon

Possible qualifiers

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

Prefix qualifiers

 
Suffix qualifiers
 
 

Source

fr:Andosol