Soils with Plinthite - Soil Geography of the USA: A Diagnostic-Horizon Approach - page 300

USA, exclusive of US “territories,” with plinthite. Plinthite occurs in two orders, four
suborders, and five great groups, including the Ultisols and Alfisols. In the USA,
plinthite occurs under narrow environmental conditions. All of the soil series
containing plinthite occur on loamy Coastal Plain sediments. Gleization and ferralli-
tization are the dominant processes leading to the formation of plinthite.
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