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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Paleosols_tuscany_Italy.jpg/450px-Paleosols_tuscany_Italy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Paleosols_tuscany_Italy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="467" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Paleosols sequence, Tuscany, Italy</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paleosol_San_Salvador.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Paleosol_San_Salvador.jpg/220px-Paleosol_San_Salvador.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Paleosol_San_Salvador.jpg/330px-Paleosol_San_Salvador.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Paleosol_San_Salvador.jpg/440px-Paleosol_San_Salvador.jpg 2x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="268" /></a><figcaption>Etched section of paleosol from the Atlantic, <a href="/wiki/San_Salvador_Island" title="San Salvador Island">San Salvador Island</a>, Bahamas, indicating the top of the <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> Grotto Beach Formation (limestone)</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Earth_science" title="Earth science">geoscience</a>, <b>paleosol</b> (<i>palaeosol</i> in <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>) is an ancient <a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">soil</a> that formed in the past. The definition of the term in <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paleontology" title="Paleontology">paleontology</a> is slightly different from its use in <a href="/wiki/Soil_science" title="Soil science">soil science</a>. </p><p>In geology and paleontology, a paleosol is a former soil preserved by burial underneath either <a href="/wiki/Sediment" title="Sediment">sediments</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium">alluvium</a> or <a href="/wiki/Loess" title="Loess">loess</a>) or volcanic deposits (<a href="/wiki/Lava" title="Lava">lava</a> flows or <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_ash" title="Volcanic ash">volcanic ash</a>), which in the case of older deposits have <a href="/wiki/Lithification" title="Lithification">lithified</a> into <a href="/wiki/Rock_(geology)" title="Rock (geology)">rock</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a> geology, <a href="/wiki/Sedimentology" title="Sedimentology">sedimentology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paleoclimatology" title="Paleoclimatology">paleoclimatology</a>, and geology in general, it is the typical and accepted practice to use the term "paleosol" to designate such "<i>fossil soils</i>" found buried within sedimentary and volcanic deposits exposed in all continents.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In soil science the definition differs slightly: paleosols are soils formed long ago that have no relationship in their chemical and physical characteristics to the present-day climate or vegetation. Such soils are found within extremely old continental <a href="/wiki/Craton" title="Craton">cratons</a>, or in small scattered locations in outliers of other ancient rock domains. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Properties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of the changes in the Earth's <a href="/wiki/Climate" title="Climate">climate</a> over the last 50 million years, soils formed under tropical <a href="/wiki/Rainforest" title="Rainforest">rainforest</a> (or even <a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">savanna</a>) have become exposed to increasingly <a href="/wiki/Desert_climate" title="Desert climate">arid</a> climates which cause former <a href="/wiki/Oxisol" title="Oxisol">oxisols</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ultisols" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultisols">ultisols</a> or even <a href="/wiki/Alfisols" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfisols">alfisols</a> to dry out in such a manner that a very hard crust is formed. This process has occurred so extensively in most parts of <a href="/wiki/Australia_(continent)" title="Australia (continent)">Australia</a> as to restrict soil development—the former soil is effectively the <a href="/wiki/Parent_material" title="Parent material">parent material</a> for a new soil, but it is so unweatherable that only a very poorly developed soil can exist in present dry climates, especially when they have become much drier during glacial periods in the <a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a>. </p><p>In other parts of Australia and in many parts of Africa, drying out of former soils has not been so severe. This has led to large areas of relict <a href="/wiki/Podsol" class="mw-redirect" title="Podsol">podsols</a> in quite dry climates in the far southern inland of Australia (where <a href="/wiki/Temperate_rainforest" title="Temperate rainforest">temperate rainforest</a> was formerly dominant) and to the formation of torrox soils (a suborder of oxisols) in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">southern Africa</a>. Here, present climates allow, effectively, the maintenance of the old soils in climates under which they could not have formed from the parent material during the <a href="/wiki/Mesozoic" title="Mesozoic">Mesozoic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paleocene" title="Paleocene">Paleocene</a>. </p><p>Paleosols in this sense are always exceedingly <a href="/wiki/Soil_fertility" title="Soil fertility">infertile soils</a>, containing available <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus">phosphorus</a> levels orders of magnitude lower than in temperate regions with younger soils. Ecological studies have shown that this has forced highly specialised evolution amongst Australian flora<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to obtain minimal <a href="/wiki/Nutrient" title="Nutrient">nutrient</a> supplies. The fact that <a href="/wiki/Soil_formation" title="Soil formation">soil formation</a> is not occurring makes ecologically sustainable management even more difficult. However, paleosols often contain the most exceptional <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a> due to the absence of <a href="/wiki/Competition_(biology)" title="Competition (biology)">competition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USTaxonomykey.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/USTaxonomykey.tif/lossy-page1-220px-USTaxonomykey.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/USTaxonomykey.tif/lossy-page1-330px-USTaxonomykey.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/USTaxonomykey.tif/lossy-page1-440px-USTaxonomykey.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3057" data-file-height="4369" /></a><figcaption>Key to soil orders of the US Taxonomy</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomic_classification">Taxonomic classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Taxonomic classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The record of paleosols extends into the <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> in Earth's history, with rare paleosols older than 2.5 billion years. Geology, biology, and the atmosphere all changed significantly over that time, with dramatic shifts at the <a href="/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event" title="Great Oxidation Event">Great Oxidation Event</a> (2.42 billion years ago) and during the <a href="/wiki/Paleozoic" title="Paleozoic">Paleozoic</a>, when complex animals and land plants proliferated. </p><p>Consequently, our modern soil classification system cannot be readily applied to paleosols. For example, a modern alfisol—broadly defined as a forest soil—would not have existed prior to the evolution of trees. More problematically, it is specifically defined by chemical properties that would not be preserved in the rock record. While modern soil orders are often used to describe paleosols in a qualitative sense, a paleosol-specific naming scheme has been proposed,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although it is only used sporadically in the literature. </p><p>Until a paleosol-specific naming scheme is fully adopted, many paleo-<a href="/wiki/Pedology" title="Pedology">pedologists</a> have stuck to using the taxonomic <a href="/wiki/Soil_classification" title="Soil classification">classification of soils</a> provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/USDA_soil_taxonomy" title="USDA soil taxonomy">USDA soil taxonomy</a> attempts to use the measurable properties and objective features within soils to classify them. The methodology developed a hierarchical structure among the different soil taxa, classifying the soils initially at a general level, then assigning soils to progressively more limited subdivisions. </p><p>The USDA soil taxonomy does come with drawbacks, including an emphasis on observable features, new nomenclature, and hierarchical organization. The emphasis on observable features can make the soil taxonomy similar in appearance to a legal document. The hierarchical structure cannot be applied more deeply than the order level regarding paleosols. However, despite these drawbacks, the USDA soil taxonomy is still the most comprehensive and influential soil classification system to date.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To distinguish and identify paleosols from one another, certain diagnostic horizons and features need to be taken into account. For instance, all paleosols have an A horizon, but histosols have an O horizon above the A horizon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Identification">Identification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Identification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rye & Holland (1998)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> laid out five criteria for identifying a paleosol. While this was prompted by the need for more stringent identification of Precambrian paleosols, it is applicable to paleosols of any age. The criteria are: </p> <ul><li>Formed in situ on <a href="/wiki/Bedrock" title="Bedrock">bedrock</a>,</li> <li>soft-sediment deformation at the top of the profile, and</li> <li>up-profile changes in chemistry, texture, and mineralogy consistent with terrestrial weathering processes.</li></ul> <p>In the field, physical signs of a paleosol include evidence of horizonation (e.g., color and textural changes), bedrock incorporated into a finer overlying <a href="/wiki/Lithology" title="Lithology">lithology</a> (corestones), and evidence of surface processes (e.g., root traces, organic matter, burrows, <a href="/wiki/Redox" title="Redox">redox</a> alteration). </p><p>Below is a list of soils and some of their diagnostic features that provides a framework for telling these paleosols, or even modern soils, apart: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entisol_(incipient_soil)"><span id="Entisol_.28incipient_soil.29"></span>Entisol (incipient soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Entisol (incipient soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons (top-to-bottom): A & C </p><p>This soil has a very slight degree of soil formation. Original crystalline, metamorphic, or sedimentary features of the parent material experienced little alteration from soil formation. Most are found on young geomorphic surfaces such as flood plains and on steep slopes where erosion removes material as the soil forms. Signs of early successional vegetation of grasses and other herbs and shrubs. Root traces are diagnostic of this type of paleosol because of the small amount of alteration from their parent material in other respects. However, for Entisols of Ordivician age or older, a peak in magnetic susceptibility is indicative of an Entisol. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USTaxonomycartoons.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/USTaxonomycartoons.tif/lossy-page1-220px-USTaxonomycartoons.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/USTaxonomycartoons.tif/lossy-page1-330px-USTaxonomycartoons.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/USTaxonomycartoons.tif/lossy-page1-440px-USTaxonomycartoons.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2883" data-file-height="4154" /></a><figcaption>Cartoons of U.S. Taxonomy soil orders</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inceptisol_(young_soil)"><span id="Inceptisol_.28young_soil.29"></span>Inceptisol (young soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Inceptisol (young soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, sometimes E, Bw, & C </p><p>These soils represent a stage of formation beyond Entisols, but not to the degree of development in other soil orders. Typically can be imagined as having a light-colored surface horizon over a moderately weathered subsurface horizon. Forms in low-rolling parts of landscapes in and around steep mountain fronts. Shrubby woodlands of pole trees that form during recolonization of disturbed ground by forests are particularly characteristic of this paleosol. Open woodlands and wooded grasslands are also characteristic of this paleosol. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Andisol_(volcanic_ash_soil)"><span id="Andisol_.28volcanic_ash_soil.29"></span>Andisol (volcanic ash soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Andisol (volcanic ash soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, Bw, & C </p><p>These are soils of volcanic ash of siliceous nature, consisting of bubbles or shards of volcanic glass with a high internal surface area. This soil weathers rapidly to imogolite and smectite. Thus they are highly fertile, rich in organic matter, and have particularly low bulk density. These properties and the aforementioned weathering products typically alter during burial, sometimes to distinctive minerals like celadonite and clinoptilolite. At least 60% recognizable pyroclastic fragments in thin sections are characteristic of this paleosol. This paleosol forms in and around volcanoes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Histosol_(peaty_soil)"><span id="Histosol_.28peaty_soil.29"></span>Histosol (peaty soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Histosol (peaty soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: O, A, sometimes Bg, & C </p><p>Organic-rich soils with thick peaty horizons, that form in cool, well drained localities or low-lying, permanently waterlogged areas. The primary formation process is accumulation of peat (organic matter), meaning organic matter is produced faster than it can decompose in the soil. The leaching or formation of gley minerals (pyrite or siderite) overprinting prior soil or sedimentary features is associated with peat accumulation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spodosol_(sandy_forest_soil)"><span id="Spodosol_.28sandy_forest_soil.29"></span>Spodosol (sandy forest soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Spodosol (sandy forest soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, E, sometimes Bh, Bs, & C </p><p>A subsurface horizon enriched with iron and aluminum oxides or organic matter is characteristic of Spodosols. Displays opaque cements that form distinctive radially cracked, concretionary rims to abundant quartz grains in thin sections. Spodosols form on hilly bedrock or low, rolling quartz-rich sediments. Found principally in humid climates in which clay and soluble salts are dissolved and washed out of the profile and most common in temperate regions. Characteristic vegetation are conifer forests and other kinds of evergreen woody vegetation that can tolerate low nutrient levels and high soil acidity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alfisol_(fertile_forest_soil)"><span id="Alfisol_.28fertile_forest_soil.29"></span>Alfisol (fertile forest soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Alfisol (fertile forest soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, sometimes E, Bt, sometimes Bk, & C </p><p>Base-rich forested soils that have a light-colored surface horizon over a clayey subsurface horizon, rich in exchangeable cations. If paleosols contain nodules of carbonate in a horizon deep within the profile, such base saturation can be assumed. If lacking in carbonate nodules, Alfisols can be distinguished by the abundance of base rich clays or by molecular weathering ratios of alumina/bases of less than 2. These soils are not found at the poles or on high mountain tops. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ultisol_(base-poor_forest_soil)"><span id="Ultisol_.28base-poor_forest_soil.29"></span>Ultisol (base-poor forest soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ultisol (base-poor forest soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, sometimes E, Bt, & C </p><p>Base-poor forest soils that are similar to Alfisols at first glance. However, Ultisols are more deeply weathered of mineral nutrients. There should not be any calcareous material anywhere within an Ultisol profile and have molecular weathering ratios of alumina/bases of more than 2. Kaolinite and highly weathered aluminous minerals such as gibbsite are common in the profile. Low-base status is attributed to a long formation time. Form mostly on older parts of landscapes, such as rolling hills of bedrock, high alluvial terraces, and plateau tops. Natural vegetation consists of coniferous or hardwood forests. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oxisol_(tropical_deeply-weathered_soil)"><span id="Oxisol_.28tropical_deeply-weathered_soil.29"></span>Oxisol (tropical deeply-weathered soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Oxisol (tropical deeply-weathered soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, Bo, sometimes Bv, & C </p><p>Deeply weathered soils with texturally uniform profiles. Dominated by kaolinitic clays or other base-poor oxides such as gibbsite or boehmite. Contains molecular weathering ratios of alumina/bases of 10 or more. These soils have deeply weathered mottled horizons. Characteristic of this type of paleosol is a stable microstructure of sand-sized spherical micropeds of iron-stained lay. Very old, often amounting to tens of millions of years. Found on stable continental locations on gentle slopes of plateaus, terraces, and plains. The natural vegetation for Oxisols is a rainforest. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blockyangularpeds.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Blockyangularpeds.jpg/220px-Blockyangularpeds.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Blockyangularpeds.jpg/330px-Blockyangularpeds.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Blockyangularpeds.jpg/440px-Blockyangularpeds.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Blocky angular peds in an Eocene paleosol</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Granularpeds.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Granularpeds.jpg/220px-Granularpeds.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Granularpeds.jpg/330px-Granularpeds.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Granularpeds.jpg/440px-Granularpeds.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Granular peds in an Oligocene paleosol</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clinobimasepicfabric.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Clinobimasepicfabric.jpg/220px-Clinobimasepicfabric.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Clinobimasepicfabric.jpg/330px-Clinobimasepicfabric.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Clinobimasepicfabric.jpg/440px-Clinobimasepicfabric.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Clinobimasepic plasmic fabric in a Cretaceous paleosol</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vertisol_(swelling_clay_soil)"><span id="Vertisol_.28swelling_clay_soil.29"></span>Vertisol (swelling clay soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Vertisol (swelling clay soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, Bw, & C </p><p>These are uniform, thick, clayey soils that have deep, wide cracks. Cracking can produce a hummock-and-swale topography. Mostly composed of smectitic clays. Most Vertisols are found on intermediate to basaltic materials. Found mainly in flat terrain at the foot of gentle slopes. Climate and vegetation are dry and sparse enough that alkaline reactions can be maintained. Vegetation ranges from grassland to open woodland, with wooded grassland being common. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mollisol_(grassland_soil)"><span id="Mollisol_.28grassland_soil.29"></span>Mollisol (grassland soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Mollisol (grassland soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, sometimes Bt, Bk, sometimes By, & C </p><p>Well-developed, base-rich, surface horizon of intimately mixed clay and organic matter. An abundance of fine root traces and crumb ped structures are characteristic of this paleosol. The surface horizon characteristic of this paleosol is created by fine root systems of grassy vegetation and the burrowing activity of many soil invertebrate species. Mollisols are found in low, rolling, or flat country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aridisol_(desert_soil)"><span id="Aridisol_.28desert_soil.29"></span>Aridisol (desert soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Aridisol (desert soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, sometimes Bt, Bk, sometimes By, & C </p><p>Forms in arid to semi-arid regions, and that lack of rain allows for the creation of shallow calcareous, gypsiferous, or salty horizons. These cements form large nodules or continuous layers. Light-colored, soft, and often vesicular surface horizon. Subsurface horizons are not cemented with any of the aforementioned cements. Mostly found in low-lying areas because steep slopes in arid regions tend to be eroded back to bedrock. Vegetation is sparse and includes prickly shrubs and cacti. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gelisol_(permafrost_soil)"><span id="Gelisol_.28permafrost_soil.29"></span>Gelisol (permafrost soil)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Gelisol (permafrost soil)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horizons: A, sometimes By, & C </p><p>Soils with ground ice or other permafrost features within one meter of the surface. In paleosols, locations of ice can be preserved as clastic dikes, freeze banding, or other deformations created by ground ice. Tillites and other glacigenic deposits are indicative of Gelisols. These soils form under polar desert, tundra, and taiga vegetation. Includes a surprising array of histic epipedons, desert pavements, salic, and calcic horizons. </p><p>Many other factors, such as ped structures, such as the presence of blocky, angular or granular peds and fabric type, like clinobimasepic plasmic fabric, are structures that can help one identify if they are dealing with a paleosol. Some of these structures are very helpful when narrowing down the paleosol that is being identified. However, any paleosol should be verified geochemically before use in proxy-based reconstructions; post-deposition alteration processes, such as potassium <a href="/wiki/Metasomatism" title="Metasomatism">metasomatism</a>, can change a paleosol's chemistry without dramatically altering its physical appearance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paleoclimate_reconstructions">Paleoclimate reconstructions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Paleoclimate reconstructions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Palaeosols are frequently used as palaeoclimatological tools for gauging the climate in which they formed.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because rates and styles of weathering are dependent on climatic factors, paleosols can be used to reconstruct variables of past climate. Mean annual precipitation (MAP) and air temperature (MAAT) are two commonly-reconstructed variables which, along with seasonality and in conjunction with other paleoenvironmental tools, can be used to describe past terrestrial climates. A suite of paleoclimatic proxies exist and while they vary in focus, many rely on changes in chemical composition throughout a soil profile that occur during weathering, burial, and post-burial processes.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Their use depends on factors such as post-burial alteration, parent material, and <a href="/wiki/Soil_classification" title="Soil classification">soil order</a>; not every proxy is applicable to every paleosol. Most proxies are applicable to Phanerozoic paleosols (not older), as landscape processes changed dramatically after the rise of land plants. Seasonality (the presence and strength of seasons) requires a more nuanced reconstruction approach. Proposed seasonality proxies primarily rely on a soil wetting/drying process, during which pedogenic carbonate can form;<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> like other proxies, this tool is continually being tested and refined.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paleoatmosphere_reconstructions">Paleoatmosphere reconstructions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Paleoatmosphere reconstructions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soils form in near-constant contact with the <a href="/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth" title="Atmosphere of Earth">atmosphere</a>, so their chemical composition is affected by the composition of the atmosphere through both direct and indirect pathways. The oxidation of paleosols has been used as an indicator of atmospheric oxygen,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has risen over Earth's history. Paleosols have also been used to reconstruct atmospheric carbon dioxide levels,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> based on modern studies of <a href="/wiki/Soil_carbon" title="Soil carbon">soil carbon</a> gas exchange,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> carbon isotopes in pedogenic carbonate nodules,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and mass-balance approaches taking multiple atmospheric gases (typically <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Methane" title="Methane">methane</a>) into account. These methods are being actively developed in the field of early Earth research. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paleobotany">Paleobotany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Paleobotany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paleosols are an important archive of information about ancient ecosystems and various components of fossil soils can be used to study past plant life. Paleosols often contain ancient plant materials such as <a href="/wiki/Pollen" title="Pollen">pollen</a> grains and <a href="/wiki/Phytoliths" class="mw-redirect" title="Phytoliths">phytoliths</a>, a biomineralized form of <a href="/wiki/Silica" class="mw-redirect" title="Silica">silica</a> produced by many plants such as grasses. Both pollen and phytolith fossils from different plant species have characteristic shapes that can be traced back to their parent plants.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over long geological time scales, phytoliths may not necessarily be preserved in paleosols due to ability of the poorly crystalline silica to dissolve. </p><p>Another indicator of plant community composition in paleosols is the <a href="/wiki/Carbon_isotope_ratio" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon isotope ratio">carbon isotopic signature</a>. The ratio of different carbon <a href="/wiki/Isotopes" class="mw-redirect" title="Isotopes">isotopes</a> in organic matter in paleosols reflects the proportions of plants using <a href="/wiki/C3_carbon_fixation" title="C3 carbon fixation">C3 photosynthesis</a>, which grow in cooler and wetter climates, versus plants using <a href="/wiki/C4_carbon_fixation" title="C4 carbon fixation">C4 photosynthesis</a>, which are better adapted to hotter and drier conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other methods for detecting past plant life in paleosols are based on identifying the remains of <a href="/wiki/Epicuticular_wax" title="Epicuticular wax">leaf waxes</a>, which are slow to break down in soils over time.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paleoseismology">Paleoseismology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Paleoseismology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As records of previous Earth surfaces that can be stacked on one another, paleosol sequences are also useful in the field of <a href="/wiki/Paleoseismology" title="Paleoseismology">paleoseismology</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paleopedology" title="Paleopedology">Paleopedology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paleopedological_record" title="Paleopedological record">Paleopedological record</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedogenesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedogenesis">Pedogenesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedology_(soil_study)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedology (soil study)">Pedology (soil study)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paleosol&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfisol" title="Alfisol">Alfisols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andisol" title="Andisol">Andisols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aridisol" title="Aridisol">Aridisols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entisol" title="Entisol">Entisols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gelisol" title="Gelisol">Gelisols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Histosol" title="Histosol">Histosols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inceptisol" title="Inceptisol">Inceptisols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mollisol" title="Mollisol">Mollisols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxisol" title="Oxisol">Oxisols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Podzol" title="Podzol">Spodosols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultisol" title="Ultisol">Ultisols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertisol" title="Vertisol">Vertisols</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FAO_soil_classification" title="FAO soil classification">FAO soil classification</a> (1974–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unified_Soil_Classification_System" title="Unified Soil Classification System">Unified Soil Classification System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AASHTO_Soil_Classification_System" title="AASHTO Soil Classification System">AASHTO Soil Classification System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9f%C3%A9rentiel_p%C3%A9dologique" title="Référentiel pédologique">Référentiel pédologique</a> (French classification system)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_system_of_soil_classification" title="Canadian system of soil classification">Canadian system of soil classification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Soil_Classification" title="Australian Soil Classification">Australian Soil Classification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Soil_Classification" title="Polish Soil Classification">Polish Soil Classification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_USDA_soil_taxonomy" title="1938 USDA soil taxonomy">1938 USDA soil taxonomy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_soils" title="List of U.S. state soils">List of U.S. state soils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vineyard_soil_types" title="List of vineyard soil types">List of vineyard soil types</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-systematic soil types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">Sand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">Silt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loam" title="Loam">Loam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topsoil" title="Topsoil">Topsoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subsoil" title="Subsoil">Subsoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soil_crust" title="Soil crust">Soil 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