Albic (WRB qualifier)

As a qualifier, albic (ab) refers to...

Details

• Hyperalbic (ha): having an albic horizon starting within 50 cm of the soil surface and having its lower boundary at a depth of 100 cm or more from the soil surface.
• Glossalbic (gb): showing tonguing of an albic into an argic or natric horizon.

Use of albic as a qualifier

It can be used as a prefix qualifier for :

• Alisol
• Arenosol
• Luvisol
• Podzol

It can be used as a suffix qualifier for :

• Acrisol
• Lixisol
• Phaeozem
• Planosol
• Plinthosol
• Solonetz
• Stagnosol
• Umbrisol
• Vertisol