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Solonchak

Type of pale or grey soil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Solonchak
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Solonchak (Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid poorly-drained conditions. The word is Russian for "salt marsh", which is in turn from the Russian sol (соль) "salt".

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Solonchak ground
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Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, United States
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See also

References

  • IUSS Working Group WRB: World Reference Base for Soil Resources, fourth edition. International Union of Soil Sciences, Vienna 2022. ISBN 979-8-9862451-1-9 ().

Further reading

  • W. Zech, P. Schad, G. Hintermaier-Erhard: Soils of the World. Springer, Berlin 2022, Chapter 8.3.5. ISBN 978-3-540-30460-9
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