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Soil genesis is the study of the development of soils. Soil is a natural body, developing from rock at the Earth’s surface through pedogenic processes (weathering and mineral formation, decomposition and humification, structure formation and various substance translocations) under a specific climate, specific litter-delivering vegetation, and population of soil organisms.
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Blume, HP. et al. (2016). Soil Development and Soil Classification. In: Scheffer/SchachtschabelSoil Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30942-7_7
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