pedocalicn.

1928 Proc. & Papers 1st Internat. Congr. Soil Sci. 4 23 Most of the groups of Pedalferic soils in category V were defined by Russian pedologists, but they made no attempt to differentiate the Pedocalic soils on the same basis since the Eurasian conditions do not present an opportunity for doing it.

1962 Jrnl. Ecol. 50 535 The dark colour, montmorillonitic clay, poor profile development and pedocalic character of the soils mark them apart from the older tropical red earths.

1991 Trop. Geomorphol. Newslet. (Electronic ed.) Apr. Two distinct pedogenic trends, ‘pedalferric’ and ‘pedocalic’, have been recognised in the high rainfall areas of the rugged mountainous region and in the semi-arid region corresponding to the low lying valley flats on the eastern flanks of the Western Ghats respectively.