gleyn.

/ɡleɪ/

Forms: Also glei.

Etymology: Ukrainian, = sticky bluish clay (see quot. 1963 at main sense); cognate with clay n.

Soil Science.

A blue-grey soil or soil layer in which iron and manganese compounds are reduced through being waterlogged; also, such a soil mottled with brownish oxidized patches as a result of periods of relative dryness. Also gley horizon, gley soil, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > waterlogged soil

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1927 C. F. Marbut tr. K. D. Glinka Great Soil Groups 36 In the last two groups the ‘Glei’ horizon, developed under the influence of ascending moisture, is often present.

1953 H. L. Edlin Forester's Handbk. v. 77 Gleys..are soils that develop where drainage is impeded, so that there is a fluctuating water-table or saturated layer in the soil structure.

1963 A. Birron & Z. S. Cole tr. D. G. Vilenskii Soil Sci. xxi. 308 The words ‘glei’ and ‘gleification’ were derived from the popular Ukrainian and introduced into scientific terminology in 1905 by G. N. Visotskii.

1969 Jrnl. Soil Sci. 20 207 Failure to distinguish between sulphide-containing and sulphide-free gley soils causes considerable confusion.

Derivatives

ˈgleyed adj. turned into a gley.

ΚΠ

1934 Forestry 8 30 The gleyed horizon is usually of a greenish or bluish colour.

1956 C. D. Pigott in D. L. Linton Sheffield 80 Where water-logging occurs..the soils are gleyed and in many places the ground flora is almost exclusively dominated by Allium ursinum.

ˈgleying n. (also gleiing)

ΚΠ

1949 Jrnl. Soil Sci. 1 205 It is not clear when it was first realized that gleying is caused by a microbial reduction of ferric compounds.

1949 Jrnl. Soil Sci. 1 205 A laboratory study of the gleying process.

1949 J. S. Joffe Pedol. (ed. 2) xi. 430 Morphologically, the B horizon has also been affected by the gleiing process.

1971 Nature 1 Jan. 45/1 Marked peatiness of the soil and gleying are only found toward the upper limit of lower Montane forest.

gleiˈzation n.

/ɡleɪˈzeɪʃən/ the formation of a gley.

ΚΠ

1938 H. G. Byers et al. in Yearbk. Agric. (U.S.) iv. 975 The bluish or greenish waterlogged horizons are sometimes called glei or gley, and the process by which they are formed is sometimes called gleization.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gley
释义	gleyn. /ɡleɪ/ Forms: Also glei. Etymology: Ukrainian, = sticky bluish clay (see quot. 1963 at main sense); cognate with clay n. Soil Science. A blue-grey soil or soil layer in which iron and manganese compounds are reduced through being waterlogged; also, such a soil mottled with brownish oxidized patches as a result of periods of relative dryness. Also gley horizon, gley soil, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > waterlogged soil moss1596 boga1687 liver1803 pakihi1851 gley1927 pseudogley1953 1927 C. F. Marbut tr. K. D. Glinka Great Soil Groups 36 In the last two groups the ‘Glei’ horizon, developed under the influence of ascending moisture, is often present. 1953 H. L. Edlin Forester's Handbk. v. 77 Gleys..are soils that develop where drainage is impeded, so that there is a fluctuating water-table or saturated layer in the soil structure. 1963 A. Birron & Z. S. Cole tr. D. G. Vilenskii Soil Sci. xxi. 308 The words ‘glei’ and ‘gleification’ were derived from the popular Ukrainian and introduced into scientific terminology in 1905 by G. N. Visotskii. 1969 Jrnl. Soil Sci. 20 207 Failure to distinguish between sulphide-containing and sulphide-free gley soils causes considerable confusion. Derivatives ˈgleyed adj. turned into a gley. ΚΠ 1934 Forestry 8 30 The gleyed horizon is usually of a greenish or bluish colour. 1956 C. D. Pigott in D. L. Linton Sheffield 80 Where water-logging occurs..the soils are gleyed and in many places the ground flora is almost exclusively dominated by Allium ursinum. ˈgleying n. (also gleiing) ΚΠ 1949 Jrnl. Soil Sci. 1 205 It is not clear when it was first realized that gleying is caused by a microbial reduction of ferric compounds. 1949 Jrnl. Soil Sci. 1 205 A laboratory study of the gleying process. 1949 J. S. Joffe Pedol. (ed. 2) xi. 430 Morphologically, the B horizon has also been affected by the gleiing process. 1971 Nature 1 Jan. 45/1 Marked peatiness of the soil and gleying are only found toward the upper limit of lower Montane forest. gleiˈzation n. /ɡleɪˈzeɪʃən/ the formation of a gley. ΚΠ 1938 H. G. Byers et al. in Yearbk. Agric. (U.S.) iv. 975 The bluish or greenish waterlogged horizons are sometimes called glei or gley, and the process by which they are formed is sometimes called gleization. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see also also refers to : gleegleyv. < n.1927 see also
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