Synthetic continental-semiarid Kastanozem on loess-like substrate: mollic surface (chroma 3, value 3) – dark enough for mollic but not dark enough for Chernozem (chroma 3 > 2 in the upper 20 cm); secondary carbonates accumulating in the Bk. By construction:
mollic: PASSES.kastanozem: PASSES.
Value
A PedonRecord.
