Abstract
AbstractA study was conducted to investigate and model the soil‐landscape relationships in the Piedmont of Maryland. The soil series of particular interest were the Chester, Glenelg, and Elioak series of Typic Hapludults. Results indicate that Elioak soil is a relict paleosol. A stone line separating strongly weathered Elioak soil material from silty overburden was revealed in several excavations. Particle‐size analyses and elemental analyses of silt fractions confirmed these discontinuities. Comparisons with known and radiocarbon‐dated loess deposits on the eastern shore of Maryland indicate that the silty overburden on the Piedmont is loess which was deposited after 10,520 ± 240 years B. P. Where the loess is thick, as on gentle slopes, Chester soils are mapped. Where the relict paleosol has been essentially eroded away, as on steeper slopes, Glenelg soils are mapped.
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