paleosol

[pey-lee-uh-sawl, -sol, pal-ee-uh-]

noun

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

paleosol

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

Example Sentences

He’s back this year to sample that thicker dark layer of paleosol.

From Washington Post

At another site, near where a donkey was hiding in the shade, Xenna found a paleosol with charcoal and huge numbers of bones.

From New York Times

Xenna sampling for charcoal in the first really clear paleosol that we found.

From New York Times

In other words, you can look at one face and see loess topped by a paleosol and then covered in flow deposits.

From New York Times

There are a series of terraces near the Asano archaeology site that have the same stratigraphy — loess with a paleosol on top of it and then flow deposits above that.

From New York Times