podzol soil


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Noun1.podzol soil - a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetationpodzol soil - a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer
dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
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The Ngaroma Podzol Soil used in this investigation did not have a pan and was developed in tephric soil material, and so we postulated that it might have a low potential to leach E.
The soil type in this area was undeveloped podzol soil with depth from 2 to 20 cm.
Zanders J, Edwards J, Tillman R, Gregg P, Hedley MJ, Mackay A, Lee J (1999b) The accumulation and leaching of fertiliser-derived cadmium in a New Zealand Podzol soil. In 'Proceedings of Extended Abstracts of 5th International Conference on Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements'.
Kodama H, Schnitzer M (1971) Evidence for interlamellar adsorption of organic matter by clay in a podzol soil. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 51, 509-512.