Albeluvisols have a horizon of clay illuviation within a meter of the soil surface. This has an irregular upper boundary as a consequence of deep tongues of bleached soil material penetrating the clay horizon. This article is based on the descriptions in FAO (2001).
Connotation. From L. albus, white, and L. eluere, to wash out.
Synonyms. Podzoluvisols (FAO), derno‐podzolic or ortho‐podzolic soils (Russia) and several suborders of the alfisols (Soil Taxonomy).
Definition. Within a meter of the surface, ‘albeluvic tongues’ occur in which a clay illuviation horizon is deeply tongued by bleached soil material from above so that the eluvial–illuvial boundary is broken and irregular.
Parent material. Mostly unconsolidated glacial till, materials of lacustrine or fluvial origin and of aeolian deposits (loess).
Environment.Flat to undulating plains under boreal taiga, coniferous forest or mixed forest. The climate is temperate to boreal with cold winters, short and cool summers, and an...
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FAO, 2001. Lecture notes on the major soils of the world. World Soil Resources Reports, 94. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 334 pp.
Zech, W., and Hintermaier‐Erhard, G., 2007. Soils of the World. Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer‐Verlag, 130 pp.
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Dahlgren, R.A. et al. (2008). Albeluvisols. In: Chesworth, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3995-9_23
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