Indicating Diagnostic Horizons
Fragment of a discussion from Course talk:APBI200/Archive/2014-15WT2
Raza, you need to give the 1 diagnostic horizon e.g. in a Luvisol the diagnostic horizon is Bt
in your example what you put as the diagnostic horizon?
SandraBrown (talk)
Hey,
I classifed this example as a Regesolic order and the diagnostic horizon is there is no B horizon present in this soil sample.
Would this be correct?
RazaKhataw (talk)
Yes, that is correct. This soil has no B horizon and it is a Regosol.
Additional info that would confirm this decision (ie that this is a Regolos) are: -presence of Ahb (ie buried horizon) at depth of the soil profile, and -location of this soil on a floodplain; hence, burial of the original Ah happened due to flooding event