Soil Atlas P — Pelosol subsoil horizon

P

Horizon master symbol

Pelosol subsoil horizon

Subsoil formed from clay-rich rock (Greek pelos = clay) with pronounced swelling and shrinking dynamics, typical of KA Pelosol soils.

KA3 KA4 KA5 KA6

KA3–KA5

8

KA6

10

Symbols in DB

18

Examples: P P-Bv

Related suffixes

v

weathered/browned, brunified and clay-loam altered or weathered

e.g. Bv, Cv

KA3 KA4 KA5 KA6

Profiles with this horizon

0

No visible profiles with this horizon symbol.