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 Try to identify the different soil horizons and then click to see them. Click again to reset.

 

Fluvisol

Location: Austrian Alps, 2300 m asl

Ah, Ai: humic topsoil

C (I, II, III, IV): fluvial deposits

 

Fluvisol

Soils on young alluvial deposits. Frequently, the alternation of periods with accumulation and periods with soil development can be observed in intercalated humic Ah- or thin Ai-horizons.

 


 
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