Gleysol

A gleysol (GL) can be defined through :

• gleyic properties within 50 cm from the soil surface

and :

• no diagnostic horizons other than a anthraquic, histic, mollic, ochric, takyric, umbric, andic, calcic, cambic, gypsic, plinthic, salic, sulfuric or vitric horizon within 100 cm from the soil surface

Possible qualifiers

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

Prefix qualifiers		Suffix qualifiers
Folic Histic Anthraquic Technic Fluvic Endosalic Vitric Andic Spodic Plinthic Mollic Gypsic Calcic Alic Acric Luvic Lixic Umbric Haplic		Thionic Abruptic Calcaric Tephric Colluvic Humic Sodic Alcalic Alumic Toxic Dystric Eutric Petrogleyic Turbic Gelic Greyic Takyric Arenic Siltic Clayic Drainic Novic

Source

• The FAO website