INTERPEDON TRANSLOCATIONS AND SOIL CLASSIFICATION

Abstract

We describe a soil that, in view of its sesquioxidic and smeary subsoil, could be related to Orthods, Andepts, or Ochrepts morphologically, but not genetically, as an albic horizon and pyroclastic material are lacking, and sesquioxides are accumulated absolutely. Its properties can be understood only by relating it to adjacent soils. From this experience we conclude that, in general, a rational soil classification should rely on pairs of diagnostic horizons that may even be parts of different soils in a catena.