Calcisols and Leptosols

Erhan AKÇA, Salih Aydemir, Selahattin Selahattin Kadir, Muhsin Eren, Claudio Zucca, Hikmet Gunal, Franco Previtali, Pandi Zdruli, Ahmet Cilek, Mesut Budak, Selim Kapur, Ewart Adsil FitzPatrick. (3/1/2018). Calcisols and Leptosols, in "The Soils of Turkey". Berlin, Germany: springer international publishing.

Abstract

Calcisols are soils with substantial accumulation of secondary lime and the name of Calcisols derives from the Latin calx which means lime. They are described as “Soils having a calcic or petrocalcic horizon within 100 cm of the surface and no diagnostic horizons other than an ochric or cambic horizon, an argic horizon which is calcareous, a vertic horizon, or a gypsic horizon underlying a petrocalcic horizon.”