单词 | pedocal |
释义 | pedocaln. Soil Science. A soil that contains a layer of accumulated calcium carbonate (generally characteristic of dry climates). Cf. pedalfer n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > other soils white earth1448 Chiltern?1530 light land1589 deads1653 rosil1691 moorland1753 prairie soil1817 residuum1828 rendzina1905 podzol1908 solonetz1924 solod1925 solonchak1925 pedalfer1928 pedocal1928 skeletal soil1932 peloid1933 sierozem1934 planosol1938 lithosol1939 regosol1949 andosol1958 Alfisol1960 Aridisol1960 Histosol1960 Spodosol1960 Andisol1978 1928 C. F. Marbut in Proc. & Papers 1st Internat. Congr. Soil Sci. 4 20 A formal definition of the two groups is as follows:..II. Includes all soils with fully developed profiles in which lime carbonate is found on some horizon in the solum in higher percentage than in the parent geological formation beneath... The name Pedalfers is suggested as a designation for the soils of group I, and Pedocals for those of group II. 1938 Nature 21 May 925/2 It has been generally accepted that the climate of Great Britain is too wet for pedocals to develop. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 179 Pedalfers are leached soils in humid areas where aluminium and iron accumulate in the B horizon, and pedocals occur in more arid regions. 2002 Geoderma 110 205 The weathering rates were..very high for Alpine Soils, Desert Soils and Pedocals in west China. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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