soloth

English

Noun

soloth (plural soloths)

1. (soil science) A soil type hypothesized to be a transformation of solodic soil, where the sodium is replaced by hydrogen, resulting in friable topsoil and dark, hard, alkaline subsoil.
   • 1979, J. R. Sleeman, P. H. Walker, Soils and Land Use Series, number 58, page 14:

     Lithosols, shallow earth profiles (<0-5 m solum) and soloths are minor components.

   • 1983, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, volume 23:

     The vineyards in both Districts are on various duplex soils: red-brown earths, solodized-solonetz and solodic soils, yellow podzolic soils and soloths.

Anagrams

• Sholto, osthol, tholos