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gley n.潛育層(土壤)。

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The defining feature is the gley horizon below the humus - blue - grey clay whowe color is due to ferrous iron compounds that have been reduced by microorganisms , flecked with localized areas of rust - colored oxidized ferric compounds 潛育土的一個重要特點是位于土壤腐殖質層之下,其土層呈灰藍色是由于含有被微生物還原的亞鐵離子,而且常有部分鐵被氧化生成紅棕色的銹斑。

Gley ( glei ) a waterlogged soil lacking in oxyen , in which raw humus accumulates as a result of lack of decomposition by bacteria 潛育土:是一種氧含量低而水含量很高的土壤,由于缺少分解性細菌而在其內積累了大量的腐殖質。

Deep gley soil 深位潛育土壤

Gley soils are typical of tundra , meadows , and boggy areas 該種土壤是苔原、草地以及沼地所特有的。

The formation of a gley is known as gleying 潛育層是通過潛育作用形成的。