Buried Soil

(also paleosol), a soil that occurs in loesses, in loess-type rocks, and in alluvial, diluvial, and other beds. Buried soils show interruptions in the process of accumulation and provide data for reconstruction of the geographic conditions at the time of these interruptions. Many types of buried soils have been studied. In the USSR the buried soils in the loesses of the southern European part of the country have been studied in greatest detail.