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SET #9<br />

<strong>soil</strong>s <strong>of</strong> humid temperate regions with evidence <strong>of</strong><br />

redistribution <strong>of</strong> clay and/or or-ga-nic matter.<br />

acid PODZOLS with a bleached eluviation horizon over<br />

an accumula-tion horizon <strong>of</strong> organic matter with alum<strong>in</strong>ium<br />

and/or iron,<br />

PLANOSOLS with a bleached top<strong>soil</strong> over dense, slowly<br />

permeable sub<strong>soil</strong>,<br />

base-poor ALBELUVISOLS with a bleached eluviation<br />

horizon tongu<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to a clay-enriched subsurface horizon,<br />

base-rich LUVISOLS with a dist<strong>in</strong>ct clay accumulation<br />

horizon, and<br />

UMBRISOLS with a thick, dark, acid surface horizon that<br />

is rich <strong>in</strong> organic matter.

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