Relic soil

Japanese: relic soil(英語表記)relicsoil
Relic soil

...However, not all buried soils are paleosols, and soils that formed in the Holocene are not paleosols. (2) Relic soil: Paleosoil that is exposed on the surface and remains in the biosphere, but formed under past conditions that were different from the current natural environment and retains the characteristics of that time. There are also cases where the covering layer of a buried paleosol has been scraped off and is exposed again on the surface.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "relic soil" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただし埋没土壌のすべてが古土壌とは限らず,完新世に生成した土壌が埋没された場合は古土壌ではない。(2)レリック土壌relic soil 地表に露出し生物圏内にとどまっているが,現在の自然環境とは異なる過去の条件下で生成し,当時の特徴を残している古土壌。埋没古土壌の被覆層が削剝されて地表に再び露出した再露出古土壌の場合もある。…

※「relic soil」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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