Question

Define pedology and pedogenesis. Explain different steps of pedogenesis.

Answer 1

PEDOLOGY is the study of soils in their natural environment. PEDOGENESIS or soil evolution (formation) is the process by which soil is formed. Key soil forming processes especially important to macro-scale patterns of soil formation are:

(1) Laterization

(2) Podsolization

(3) Calcification

(4) Salinization

(5) Gleization