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Coatings around concretionary material




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Coatings around concretionary material
From the Soil Micromorphology Slide Collection

STEM Standard addressed: ESS2E - Biogeology


Appropriate Grade Level(s)
  • College-level
Materials are best used for
  • Classroom Lectures
  • Laboratory Activities
General Course Areas
  • Soil Microbiology
Description
Description of slide: Reddish-brown ferriargillans with marked crescentic laminations and distinct extinction bands. Rare occurrence.

Data for the horizon
Description of thin section: Massive, with dominantly spherical, well-rounded concretions that have thin, concentrically ringed surfaces and cores and interconcretionary material of coated coarse sand in an isotropic fine material matrix.

Method
Data for 35-mm slide
Frame length: 4.4 cm
Light mode: Normal transmitted

References
E. A. FitzPatrick. 1 984. Micromorphology of soils. Chapman and Hall, London. P. 260, 364-365. Source - E. A. FitzPatrick

Slide CT19. Soil Science Society of America, 1993. A Reference Slide Collection for Soil Micromorphology. SSSA, Madison, WI.

Peer Review: Yes

Credit this item to: SSSA
Media Date: 1993-01-01
Provided By: (SSSA) Soil Science Society of America


Author(s)/Creator(s)

  • * Soil Science Society of America
    SSSA

Submitted By: (SSSA) Soil Science Society of America


Keywords

  • Coatings
  • micromorphology
  • concretionary material

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