Glossary:Brown earth

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Brown Earth
Denotes an extensive grouping of free-draining, neutral to moderately acid soils, brown or reddish brown in colour, that have developed on circum-neutral parent material.

Source
French, C.(2003) Geoarchaeology in Action: Studies in soil micromorphology and landscape evolution. London: Routledge. ISBN: 0-415-27310-2

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