Soils in the Tropics

Images
To Complement Lectures and Discussions
on this Topic in SSC 701
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Pictures of Soil Profiles
Green ball image Aridisol in Peru
Green ball image Vertisol in Kenya
Green ball image Ustert in the Phillipines
Green ball image Alfisol at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria
Green ball image Mollisol in N.E. Thailand
Green ball image Adjacent Mollisol and Alfisol in N.E. Thailand
Green ball image Plinthudult near Santiago, Panama
Green ball image Entisol on an floodplain near Yurimaguas, Peru
Green ball image Typic Hapludult near Yurimaguas, Peru
Green ball image Spodosol near Manaus, Brazil
Green ball image Xanthic Hapludox near Manaus, Brazil
Green ball image Eutrothox near Ouro Preto, Rondonia, Brazil
Green ball image Arenic Tropaquod near Manaus, Brazil
Green ball image Quartzipsamment near Manaus, Brazil
Green ball image Andisol-Ultisol-Oxisol landscape on one of Hawaii's islands
Green ball image Laterite in an exposed profile - Central Plateau of Brazil near Luiziana, Goias
Green ball image Laterite outcrops - in the Llanos of Colombia
Some Uses for Laterite
Green ball image Road construction - exemplified by this airport in Lagos, Nigeria
Green ball image Housing - as this old fortress in Thailand


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