GG282 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Chernozem, Solonetz, Vertisol
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Distributed in permafrost regions, north of tree line, in the subarctic and high alpine areas. Cyrosolic soils are formed in mineral or organic materials that have permafrost within. 1m of the surface (2m if the soil has been strongly cryoturbated: podzols. Distributed in atlantic canada, across eastern canadian shield and bc. Under forest or heath vegetation in cool to very cold humid climates. Occur in coarse to medium textured acidic parent materials. Illuviated b horizons in which there is organic matter combined with al and fe. Occur over areas of boreal forest; mixed forest, shrubs, and grass; and heath and tundra. Generally develop in cooler or drier areas than podzols. Have a brownish-coloured bm horizon: chernozems. Occur in cool, subarid to subhumid interior plains of western canada with some areas in interior bc (dry climates) Surface horizons are rich in organic matter (appear dark) from the decomposition of.
