andisol
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Key facts
- Soil.name
- Andisol
- Soil.alternative_name
- Andosol
- Soil.image
- Andisol profile.jpg
- Soil.image_size
- 250px
- Soil.image_caption
- An andisol profile
- Soil.classification_system
- USDA soil taxonomy, World Reference Base for Soil Resources
- Soil.profile
- ABwC
- Soil.parent_material
- tephra
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upright=1.6|thumb|Andisols of the world upright=1.6|thumb|Many Andisols develop in the immediate vicinity of volcanoes
In USDA soil taxonomy, andisols are soils formed in volcanic ash and defined as soils containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite and ferrihydrite. In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), andisols are known as Andosols.