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Orthent
Noun
Definitions
1.
Noun
A kind of shallow or "skeletal" soil, found on recent erosional surfaces or very old landforms completely devoid of weatherable minerals.
Synonyms
xerorthent
udorthent
paleosoil
paleosurface
paleoregolith
palaeosoil
palaeosurface
dark earth
pedolith
palaeosediment
anthrosol
palaeoregolith
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