Plinthosol

A plinthosol (PT) can be defined through :

• a petroplinthic horizon starting within 50 cm from the soil surface

or :

• a plinthic horizon starting within 50 cm from the soil surface

or :

• a plinthic horizon starting within 100 cm from the soil surface when underlying either an albic horizon or a horizon with stagnic properties

Possible qualifiers

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

Prefix qualifiers		Suffix qualifiers
Petric Fractipetric Pisolithic Gibbsic Posic Geric Vetic Folic Histic Technic Stagnic Acric Lixic Umbric Haplic		Albic Manganiferric Ferric Endoduric Abruptic Colluvic Ruptic Alumic Humic Dystric Eutric Oxyaquic Pachic Umbriglossic Arenic Siltic Clayic Drainic Transportic Novic

Source

• The FAO website