paleosol
Also known as palaeosol
thumb|right|upright=1.35|Paleosols sequence, Tuscany, Italy thumb|Etched section of paleosol from the Atlantic, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, indicating the top of the [[Pleistocene Grotto Beach Formation (limestone)]]
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- Properties
- Taxonomic classification
- Identification
- Soil types
- Entisol (incipient soil)
- Inceptisol (young soil)
- Andisol (volcanic ash soil)
- Histosol (peaty soil)
- Spodosol (forest soil)
- Alfisol (fertile forest soil)
- Ultisol (base-poor forest soil)
- Oxisol (tropical deeply-weathered soil)
- Vertisol (swelling clay soil)
- Mollisol (grassland soil)
- Aridisol (desert soil)
- Gelisol (permafrost soil)
- Applications
- Paleoclimate reconstructions
- Paleoatmosphere reconstructions
- Paleobotany
- Paleoseismology
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|upright=1.35|Paleosols sequence, Tuscany, Italy thumb|Etched section of paleosol from the Atlantic, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, indicating the top of the [[Pleistocene Grotto Beach Formation (limestone)]]
In geoscience, paleosol (palaeosol in Great Britain and Australia) is an ancient soil that formed in the past. The definition of the term in geology and paleontology is slightly different from its use in soil science.