soloth

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soloth (plural soloths)

  1. (soil science) A soil type hypothesized to be a transformation of solodic soil, where the sodium is replaced by hydrogen, resulting in friable topsoil and dark, hard, alkaline subsoil.
    • 1979, J. R. Sleeman, P. H. Walker, Soils and Land Use Series, number 58, page 14:
      Lithosols, shallow earth profiles (<0-5 m solum) and soloths are minor components.
    • 1983, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, volume 23:
      The vineyards in both Districts are on various duplex soils: red-brown earths, solodized-solonetz and solodic soils, yellow podzolic soils and soloths.

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