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Rendzina (or rendsina) is a soil type recognized in various soil classification systems, including those of Britain [1] and Germany [2] as well as some obsolete systems. They are humus-rich shallow soils that are usually formed from carbonate- or occasionally sulfate-rich parent material. [2] Rendzina soils are often found in karst and ...
As a result, the time necessary for the formation of soils does not become available. Therefore, these soils remain immature. An example is soil along the slopes of the Himalayan mountains. In river plains, particularly in flood-plain areas, new alluvium is deposited every year. The time for soil formation remains inadequate. Hence, flood plain ...
Plants on calcareous grassland are typically short and hardy, and include grasses and herbs such as clover.Calcareous grassland is an important habitat for insects, particularly butterflies and ants, [2] and is kept at a plagioclimax by grazing animals, usually sheep and sometimes cattle.
The Breathing Method is a novella by American writer Stephen King, originally released as part of his Different Seasons collection in 1982. It is placed in the section entitled "A Winter's Tale". [1] It is the only one of the four stories in the collection not to have been adapted for film. [2] [3]
Geological map of the Isle of Wight. The geology of the Isle of Wight is dominated by sedimentary rocks of Cretaceous and Paleogene age. This sequence was affected by the late stages of the Alpine Orogeny, forming the Isle of Wight monocline, the cause of the steeply-dipping outcrops of the Chalk Group and overlying Paleogene strata seen at The Needles, Alum Bay and Whitecliff Bay.
Sabkha deposits are believed to form some of the major subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Middle East (and elsewhere). The source of these hydrocarbons (both gas and oil) may be the microbial mats and mangrove paleosoils , found in the sabkha sequence, that have total organic carbon up to 8.2% and hydrogen indices typical of marine type ...
The rock or sediment associated with a soil's development is referred to as its parent material, which is the starting point for the process of soil formation. During early formation, soils are not so different from their parent materials. With time however, soils will contain less features of their original parent material.
Soils at the bottom of a hill will get more water than soils on the slopes, and soils on the slopes that face the sun's path will be drier than soils on slopes that do not. [ 64 ] In swales and depressions where runoff water tends to concentrate, the regolith is usually more deeply weathered, and soil profile development is more advanced. [ 65 ]