Soil Atlas M — Colluvial horizon
M

Horizon master symbol

Colluvial horizon

Horizon sedimented from eroded, Holocene redeposited soil material (Lat. migrare), typical of KA Kolluvisol soils.

KA3 KA4 KA5 KA6

KA3–KA5

11

KA6

6

Symbols in DB

17

Examples: M M-Ah

Related suffixes

  • h

    humic, enriched with humus

    e.g. Ah

    KA3 KA4 KA5 KA6

Profiles with this horizon

8
He-Fda-01 Danzwiesen DOI
KA5
He-MR-02 Caldern DOI
KA5
He-KS-01 Frankenhausen DOI
KA5
He-FRA-03 Oppershofen DOI
KA5
He-Fda-03 Steens DOI
KA5
He-DAR-05 Kühkopf DOI
KA5
BDF_15 DOI
KA4 · YK
RIGG_07 DOI
KA5 · AB