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A dense, compact, slowly permeable layer in the subsoil having a much higher clay content than the overlying material, from which it is separated by a sharply defined boundary. Claypans are usually hard when dry, and plastic and sticky when wet.
- Μέρος του λόγου: noun
- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Earth science
- Category: Soil science
- Company: Soil Science Society of America
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- Bob Adams
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