cryochrept

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Noun[edit]

cryochrept (plural cryochrepts)

  1. A cold-climate soil lacking in development at both the surface and sub-surface levels.

References[edit]

  • Hansen-Bristow, K, C. Montagne, and G. Schmid. 1990. Geology, geomorphology, and soils within Whitebark pine ecosystems. Pages 62-71 in W. C. Schmid and K. J. McDonald compilers. Whitebark pine ecosystems--Ecology and management of a high-mountain resource. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Central Technical Report INT-270, Ogden, Utah.