13. Histosols: Organic Soils

  1. S. W. Buol B.S., M.S., Ph.D.1,
  2. R. J. Southard B.S, M.S., Ph.D.2,
  3. R. C. Graham3,
  4. P. A. McDaniel B.S., M.S., Ph.D.4

Published Online: 5 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9780470960622.ch13

Book Title

Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition

Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition

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How to Cite

Buol, S. W., Southard, R. J., Graham, R. C. and McDaniel, P. A. (2011) Histosols: Organic Soils, in Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470960622.ch13

Author Information

  1. 1

    North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

  2. 2

    University of California, Davis, USA

  3. 3

    University of California, Riverside, USA

  4. 4

    University of Idaho, Moscow, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 5 AUG 2011
  2. Published Print: 2 SEP 2011

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780813807690

Online ISBN: 9780470960622

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Keywords:

  • Histosols - organic soils;
  • Histosols (Greek, histos, tissue, and the Latin, solum, soil) - of organic soil materials;
  • alpine Cryohemist in Switzerland, formed from sedges - gray strata of mineral soil material;
  • hydrology, factor - in formation and maintenance of Histosols;
  • bodies of eutrophic Histosols (fens) - chemically influenced by input of nutrients (Verry 1981);
  • geological processes of organic matter accumulation - extension of “blanket peats”;
  • slow hydraulic conductivity of Histosols - positive feedback role, in paludization process;
  • pedogenic biogeochemical processes - organic matter decomposition, and interrelated factors;
  • hydrologic characteristics of Histosols - closely related to degree of decomposition;
  • classification of Histosols - three important elements, in defining the order

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Setting

  • Geological Processes of Organic Matter Accumulation

  • Pedogenic Biogeochemical Processes

  • Uses of Histosols

  • Describing Histosols

  • Classification of Histosols

  • Perspective

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