buried soil Soil covered by an alluvial, colluvial, aeolian, glacial, or organic deposit, and that is a product of a former period of pedogenesis. In US usage a buried soil is defined as lying beneath 300–500 mm if the covering layer is more than half the thickness of the buried soil, otherwise beneath more than 500 mm.

buried soil Soil covered by an alluvial, colluvial (see colluvium), aeolian, glacial, or organic deposit, being a product of a former period of pedogenesis. In US usage a buried soil is defined as lying beneath 30–50 cm if the covering layer is more than half the thickness of the buried soil, otherwise beneath more than 50 cm.

buried soil Soil covered by an alluvial, colluvial (see COLLUVIUM), aeolian, glacial, or organic deposit, and being a product of a former period of pedogenesis. In US usage a buried soil is defined as lying beneath 30–50 cm if the covering layer is more than half the thickness of the buried soil, otherwise beneath more than 50 cm.

Buried soil

Buried soil is soil that appeared on the surface of the earth and sustained plant life but because of a geologic event has been covered by a layer of sediment . Sediments can result from volcanoes, rivers, dust storms, or blowing sand or silt .