inceptisol
/ɪnˈsɛptɪsɒl
/noun Soil Science
A soil of an order comprising freely draining soils in which the formation of distinct horizons is not far advanced, such as brown earth.These palaeosols would be classified as entisols and inceptisols using modern soil taxonomy nomenclature, soils typical of very immature fluvial exposure surfaces....
- In this paper, nearly 700 in situ fossil trees are described from 13 entisol or inceptisol horizons in the mid-Tournaisian Albert Formation at Norton, near Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada.
- The diversity of inceptisols creates problems with attempts to generalize their geographic distribution.
Origin
1960s: from Latin inceptum 'beginning' (from the verb incipere) + -sol.