Abstract
The common assumption that moraine ridge crests provide a uniform soil-forming environment is tested by recording soil depth and degree of horizon development on 13 sections of Preboreal moraine ridge crest. Considerable variability is not related to parent material or vegetation. The shallowest Brown Soils develop on steep, exposed ridge crests where the duration of translocation potential is at a minimum. Podzols develop in sheltered locations where snow accumulates. Moraine ridge crests do not, therefore, provide a uniform soil-forming environment, and where degree of soil development is used as an indicator of relative age, the influence of moraine form must be taken into account.
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