Concept information
Preferred term
rhizolith
Definition
- Rhizoliths are organosedimentary structures formed in soils or fossil soils (paleosols) by plant roots. They include root moulds, casts, and tubules, root petrifactions, and rhizocretions. Rhizoliths, and other distinctive modifications of carbonate soil texture by plant roots, are important for identifying paleosols in the post-Silurian geologic record. Rock units whose structure and fabric were established largely by the activity of plant roots are called rhizolites. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizolith)
Broader concept
Entry terms
- rhizolite
In other languages
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French
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rhizolite
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-W90KHX23-2
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