Plinthosol

Plinthosols
Groundwater Laterite, Plinthaquox (USDA)

Used in	WRB
WRB code	PT
Key process	Accumulation of Fe under hydromorphic conditions
Parent material	basic rock, Fe
Climate	wet tropics

Plinthosols are iron-rich soils characterized by the presence of plinthite, petroplinthite or pisoliths.^[1]

Distribution

Regional Distribution of Plinthosols

Softer plinthosols are common in the wet tropics, including in the eastern Amazon basin, the central Congo basin and parts of Southeast Asia. Dryer areas, including the Sudano-Sahelian zone, Southern African savannah, the Indian subcontinent, and parts of Southeast Asia and northern Australia feature mostly harder pisoliths and petroplinthite.^[1]

References

1 2 IUSS Working Group WRB (2007). World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2006, first update 2007 (PDF) (2 ed.). Rome: FAO. pp. 87–88. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

Soil classification
USDA soil taxonomy	Alfisols Andisols Aridisols Entisols Gelisols Histosols Inceptisols Mollisols Oxisols Spodosols Ultisols Vertisols
World Reference Base for Soil Resources (1998–)	Acrisols Albeluvisols Alisols Andosols Anthrosols Arenosols Calcisols Cambisols Chernozem Cryosols Durisols Ferralsols Fluvisols Gleysols Gypsisols Histosol Kastanozems Leptosols Lixisols Luvisols Nitisols Phaeozems Planosols Plinthosols Podzols Regosols Solonchaks Solonetz Stagnosol Technosols Umbrisols Vertisols
Other systems	FAO soil classification (1974–98) Unified Soil Classification System AASHTO Soil Classification System Référentiel pédologique (French classification system) Canadian system of soil classification Australian Soil Classification Polish Soil Classification 1938 USDA soil taxonomy List of U.S. state soils List of vineyard soil types
Types of soil

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Plinthosol

Distribution

References

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