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paleosol

[ pey-lee-uh-sawl, -solor, especially British, pal-ee-uh- ]

noun

  1. a fossil soil preserved within a sequence of geological deposits, indicative of past conditions.

paleosol

/ pā′lē-ə-sôl′ /

  1. A soil horizon from the geologic past, usually buried beneath other rocks or recent soil horizons.

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