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Origin of the Term Latosol
Author(s) -
Cline Marlin G.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1975.03615995003900010046x
Subject(s) - latosol , oxisol , term (time) , taxonomy (biology) , geology , biology , ecology , soil science , physics , astronomy , soil water
The term Latosol was coined in 1947. The general concept resembles that of Oxisol in current taxonomy, but the two terms are far from equivalents.