Arenosol

An arenosol (AR) can be defined through :

• a texture which is loamy sand or coarser, either :
  • to a depth of at least 100 cm from the soil surface
  • to a plinthic, petroplinthic or salic horizon between 50 and 100 cm from the soil surface

and :

• less than 35 percent (by volume) of rock fragments or other coarse fragments within 100 cm from the soil surface

and :

• no diagnostic horizons other than an ochric, yermic or albic horizon, or a plinthic, petroplinthic or salic horizon below 50 cm from the soil surface, or an argic or spodic horizon below 200 cm depth

Possible qualifiers

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

Prefix qualifiers		Suffix qualifiers
Lamellic Hypoluvic Hyperalbic Albic Rubic Brunic Hydrophobic Protic Folic Technic Endosalic Endogleyic Fractiplinthic Petroplinthic Pisoplinthic Plinthic Ferralic Endostagnic Haplic		Ornithic Gypsiric Calcaric Tephric Hyposalic Dystric Eutric Petrogleyic Turbic Gelic Greyic Placic Hyperochric Yermic Aridic Transportic Novic

Source

• The FAO website