Lixisol RSG diagnostic (WRB 2022)

The Lixisols of the WRB 2022 key (Ch 4, p. 120): an argic horizon starting \(\le\) 100 cm from the mineral soil surface and a CEC of < 24 cmolc/kg clay in some subhorizon of the argic horizon within 150 cm. The key reaches them after the Acrisols.

Usage

lixisol(pedon, max_cec = 24, min_bs = 50)

Arguments

pedon

A PedonRecord.

max_cec

CEC per kg clay below which the clay is of low activity (default 24).

min_bs

Unused since v0.9.310, kept so that existing calls still run.

Value

A DiagnosticResult.

References

IUSS Working Group WRB (2022), Chapter 4, Lixisols (p. 120).