andisol

English

Alternative forms

andosol

Noun

andisol (plural andisols)

A kind of soil formed in volcanic ash and containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite and ferrihydrite.

Translations

soil containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials

Finnish: lasimaannos

Portuguese: andossolo m

Anagrams

Islando-, Ladinos, ladinos, oil sand, oilsand, osladin, snoidal

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