Pedocal

Quick meaning: Pedocal is a noun meaning (geology) Any of a class of soils that are rich in calcium carbonate.

Meaning

(geology) Any of a class of soils that are rich in calcium carbonate.

Example Sentences

They^([zonal soils]) occur in latitudinal zone and are further divided into pedalfers and pedocals.

Pedocals rich in calcium carbonate occur in regions of low rainfall and high temperature, and usually bear grasses and brush.

Pedocals are highly alkaline (high pH readings) soils with little or no humus and are formed in arid regions where subsurface evaporation of water crystallizes as calcium or lime deposits. Alkali soils are also pedocals, with a salt content high enough to kill plants. They are found in some southwestern states of the United States.

Word Forms

• pedocals

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dolocrete, calcarean, calcilutite, biocalcarenite, calciocarbonatite, calp.

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