petrocalcic
Meanings
adj
- Of or relating to a kind of soil horizon formed when secondary calcium carbonates or other carbonates accumulate in the subsoil to the extent that the soil becomes cemented into a hardpan.
Word forms
Etymology
From petro- + calcic.
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