Glossary:Palaeosol

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[edit] Palaeosol

Also: Paleosol

A soil that has developed in a past landscape. Palaeosols may be buried, exhumed (buried and then exposed) or relict if it has persisted unburied without major alteration.

Related Words: Buried soil, Relict soil

[edit] Source

Adapted from: English Heritage (2004) Geoarchaeology: Using earth sciences to understand the archaeological record. UK: English Heritage Publishing.

and, Soil Science Society of America. Glossary of Soil Science Terms. Available online here, last accessed 28.09.2006.


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