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"Consiste em um consideravel aumento no teor de argila em pequena distancia na zona de transicao entre o horizonte A ou E e o horizonte subjacente B":

  • A or E with less than 200 g/kg of clay: the B has at least twice as much;

  • A or E with 200 g/kg or more: the B has 200 g/kg more or above ("de 300 para no minimo 500, ou de 220 para no minimo 420"),

"em uma distancia vertical <= 7,5 cm".

Usage

mudanca_textural_abrupta(pedon)

Arguments

pedon

A PedonRecord.

Value

A DiagnosticResult recording whether the diagnostic is present, the qualifying layers, and the supporting evidence.

Details

Since v0.9.244 the test is that of the book: the first B horizon is compared with the horizon immediately above it, which has to be an A or an E; and the distance is read from the distinctness of the transition (boundary_distinctness of the horizon above: abrupt, under 2.5 cm, or clear, 2.5 to 7.5 cm). Where it is recorded as gradual or diffuse there is no abrupt change; where it is not recorded the two horizons are compared. The layer returned is the first B horizon. A BA is a B horizon here and a BC is not, as in item (h) of the B textural.

Until v0.9.243 the function was the WRB abrupt_textural_difference, which compares every pair of adjoining layers, in the order of the rows: a jump of clay between two B horizons, or from a B to a C, was an abrupt change. A profile with no horizon designation at all is still tested that way.