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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.”
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Professor Salih Aydemir extends his sincere gratitude to Profs JB Dixon (Texas A&M University, USA) and CT Hallmark (Texas A&M University, USA) for their invaluable efforts in the SEM laboratory and interpreting the images of the Sırrın soil.
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Akça, E. et al. (2018). Calcisols and Leptosols. In: Kapur, S., Akça, E., Günal, H. (eds) The Soils of Turkey. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64392-2_10
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