Pedology
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Pedology is a discipline within soil science which focuses on understanding and characterizing soil formation, evolution, and the theoretical frameworks for modeling soil bodies, often in the context
Soil profile on chalk at Seven Sisters Country Park, England
Land ocean ice cloud hires
Paleosol
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In geoscience, paleosol is an ancient soil that formed in the past. The definition of the term in geology and paleontology is slightly different from its use in soil science.
Paleosols sequence, Tuscany, Italy
Etched section of paleosol from the Atlantic, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, indicating the top of the Pleistocene Grotto Beach Formation (limestone)
Blocky angular peds in an Eocene paleosol
Granular peds in an Oligocene paleosol