Inceptisol

Inceptisol
Inceptisol profile
Used inUSDA soil taxonomy

Inceptisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. They form quickly through alteration of parent material. They are more developed than Entisols.[1] They have no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter. They have an ochric or umbric horizon and a cambic subsurface horizon.

In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), most Inceptisols are Cambisols or Umbrisols. Some may be Nitisols. Many Aquepts belong to Gleysols and Stagnosols.[2]

Suborders

  • Aquepts – with a water table close to the surface
  • Gelepts – in very cold climates
  • Cryepts – in cold climates
  • Udepts – in humid climates
  • Ustepts – in semiarid and sub-humid climates'
  • Xerepts – in areas with very dry summers and moist winters

References

  1. ^ "Inceptisols". Michigan State University.
  2. ^ IUSS Working Group WRB (2015). "World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, Update 2015" (PDF). World Soil Resources Reports 106, FAO, Rome.
  • "Inceptisols" (PDF). USDA-NRCS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  • "Inceptisols". University of Florida. Archived from the original on September 18, 2004. Retrieved 2006-05-14.
  • "Inceptisols". University of Idaho. Archived from the original on 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2006-05-14.
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