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gley [ɡlæɪː] N
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- Geologically the soils are a mixture of peat, peaty gley and gley soils over horizontal layers of carboniferous shale, sandstone, and mudstone.en.wikipedia.org
- In flat areas and valleys the groundwater had more influence on soil formation; in such places gley soils may be found too.en.wikipedia.org
- Gley soils may be sticky and hard to work, especially where the gleying is caused by surface water, held up on a slowly permeable layer.en.wikipedia.org
- The hollows are used as grassland on mainly gley and podzol soils.en.wikipedia.org
- These gley soils are natural locations for grasslands.en.wikipedia.org
- The site covers 20 hectares most of which is made up of peaty gley soil.en.wikipedia.org
- The name of this hygroscopic soil derives from its gley dynamics.en.wikipedia.org
- However, some ground-water gley soils have permeable lower horizons, including some sands, for example in hollows within sand dune systems, known as slacks, and in some alluvial situations.en.wikipedia.org
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