Glossary of Terms in Soil Science

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kame

An irregular ridge or hill of stratified glacial drift deposited by glacial meltwater.

kaolin group

Hydrous aluminosilicates having a 1:1 phyllosilicate structure and no permanent charge.

kettle

Depression left after the melting of a detached mass of glacier ice buried in drift.