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Paleopedology is the study of ancient soils, and is derived from an ancient Greek word (πεδov, πεδoυ) for ground. Soils of the past, either buried within sedimentary sequences or persisting under changed surface conditions, are the main subject matter of paleopedology. In this book, it is seen as an historical perspective on soil genesis and as a way of reconstructing the geological history of land surfaces on Earth. Soils, like organisms, sediments, and surface environments, have changed over the past 4500 million years of recorded Earth history.
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Retallack, G.J. (1990). Paleopedology. In: Soils of the Past. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7902-7_1
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