Regosolic Order Lecture Notes (Fall 2024) PDF
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Cambrian College
2024
R.W. Dirszowsky
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Summary
These lecture notes cover the Regosolic Order, focusing on pedogenic development and factors affecting its formation. The notes discuss the characteristics, limitations, and influences on the order, likely for an undergraduate soil science course.
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R.W. Dirszowsky – Lecture Notes (Fall 2024) Page 47 Regosolic Order Pedogenic development in Regosolic soils is too weak to form a recognizable B horizon that meets the requireme...
R.W. Dirszowsky – Lecture Notes (Fall 2024) Page 47 Regosolic Order Pedogenic development in Regosolic soils is too weak to form a recognizable B horizon that meets the requirements of any other order if present at all B horizons are < 5 m thick also lack sufficient disturbance, gleying, organic accumulation or proximity to permafrost to qualify as organic Cryosols, Gleysols, Vertisols or Organic soils lack of B horizon development may result from a number of factors operating individually or together youthfulness of the material (e.g. recent alluvium) instability of the material (e.g. colluvium on slopes subject to mass wasting) nature of the material (e.g. nearly pure quartz sand) climate (very dry, cold conditions) accumulation of organic material on the surface can lead to formation of LFH horizons and additions below surface can produce a Ah horizon occurs in every ecozone but rarely dominant in the landscape Regosolic Order ENV1011 – Soil Science Cambrian College - Environmental Technician
