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Fig. 10.2 Distribution of soils with an albic horizon in the USA (areas with
light gray
are
dominantly Spodosols and areas in
black
are Alfisols and Mollisols)
Table 10.3 Factors influencing the development of the albic horizon
Area
Factor
References
Climate
Germany
Albic horizons may have formed from degradation
of argillic during periods of periglacial climate
K¨hn (
2003
) and Rusakov
and Sedov (
2012
)
Russia
Polygenesis from change between prairie and forest
important for Albolls
Miedema et al. (
1999
)
Organisms relief
Mexico
Albic horizon thickness increased with weathering
intensity and elevation
Arteaga et al. (
2008
)
TX; France
Redox process important in albic development
Vepraskas and Wilding
(
1983
) and Cornu
et al. (
2007
)
France
Agricultural drainage enhanced Albeluvisol
development
Montagne et al. (
2008
)
Parent material
Italy
Thick albic horizon due to aggrading loess and
leaching
Busacca and Cremaschi
(
1998
)
Russia
Albic horizon strongly developed in calcareous till Murashkina et al. (
2005
)
Indonesia
Albic horizon inversely related to clay content of
parent materials
Ohta and Effendi (
1992
)
Norway
Albic horizons develop between 4600 and 6200 yr
Sauer et al. (
2009
)
Time
Russia
Albic horizon formed during early to mid-Holocene
Rusakov and Sedov (
2012
)
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