Inceptisol Explained
Inceptisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. They form quickly through alteration of parent material. They are more developed than Entisols.[1] They have no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter. They have an ochric or umbric horizon and a cambic subsurface horizon.
In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), most Inceptisols are Cambisols or Umbrisols. Some may be Nitisols. Many Aquepts belong to Gleysols and Stagnosols.[2]
Suborders
- Aquepts – with a water table close to the surface
- Gelepts – in very cold climates
- Cryepts – in cold climates
- Udepts – in humid climates
- Ustepts – in semiarid and sub-humid climates'
- Xerepts – in areas with very dry summers and moist winters
References
- Web site: Inceptisols. USDA-NRCS. 2014-11-06. 2021-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210719184918/https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051232.pdf. dead.
- Web site: Inceptisols . University of Florida . 2006-05-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040918225129/http://grunwald.ifas.ufl.edu/Nat_resources/soil_orders/inceptisols.htm . September 18, 2004 .
- Web site: Inceptisols. University of Idaho. 2006-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20060901063709/http://soils.ag.uidaho.edu/soilorders/inceptisols.htm. 2006-09-01. dead.
Notes and References
- Web site: Inceptisols . .
- Web site: World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, Update 2015. IUSS Working Group WRB. 2015. World Soil Resources Reports 106, FAO, Rome.
