Basic Soil Formation Processes - Principles of Ecology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Ecology and Environment

Download Basic Soil Formation Processes - Principles of Ecology - Lecture Slides and more Slides Ecology and Environment in PDF only on Docsity! 4.10 Basic Soil Formation Processes Produce Different Soils • Regional differences in geology, climate, and vegetation give rise to characteristically different soils • Weathering is a process that soils are formed • Five factors influencing weathering process: climate, parent material, vegetation, local topography, and age • The broadest level of soil classification is soil order Docsity.com – Entisol – Mollisol – Alfisol – Andisol – Aridisol – Inceptisol – Histosol – Oxisol – Vertisol – Spodosol – Ultisol – Gelisol There are twelve orders of soil Docsity.com