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Tests whether any horizon designation indicates retic features (glossic tongues of bleached material penetrating into a clay- enriched horizon). v0.3 detects these via designation pattern matching "glossic|retic|albeluvic" (case-insensitive). Diagnostic of Retisols.

Usage

retic_properties(pedon, pattern = "glossic|retic|albeluvic")

Arguments

pedon

A PedonRecord.

pattern

Regex (default "glossic|retic|albeluvic").

Value

A DiagnosticResult.

References

IUSS Working Group WRB (2022), Chapter 5, Retisols.