A term used imprecisely to mean any part of the soil below the surface layer or layers. May be used more precisely to refer to the solum below the A horizon.
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(2008). Subsoil. 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_576
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