soloth

plural soloths

1. soil scienceA soil type hypothesized to be a transformation of solodic soil, where the sodium is replaced by hydrogen, resulting in friable topsoil and dark, hard, alkaline subsoil.

   Lithosols, shallow earth profiles (<0-5 m solum) and soloths are minor components.

   1979, J. R. Sleeman, P. H. Walker, Soils and Land Use Series, number 58, page 14

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   The vineyards in both Districts are on various duplex soils: red-brown earths, solodized-solonetz and solodic soils, yellow podzolic soils and soloths.

   1983, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, volume 23