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Gelisols


SUBORDERS

Histels - Gelisols that have large quantities of organic matter

Turbels - Gelisols that have evidence of extensive mixing by frost action (cryoturbation)

Orthels - common Gelisols that don't meet criteria of the other suborders

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Examples:
1. Gelisol landscape
patterned ground
2. Gelisol landscape
polygonal cracks
3. Orthel
northern Alaska
4. Fibristel
Alaska
5. Histoturbel
Brooks Range, AK
6. Gelisol land use
Prudhoe Bay, AK
7. Thermokarst landscape
Alaska
If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions about the 12 Soil Orders web site,
please contact Dr. Paul McDaniel  at the Soil Science Division,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.