noun
definition
A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
Examples of gleys in a Sentence
The commonest examples are the raw sandy gleys associated with sand flats and unripened gleys in marine alluvium and saltmarsh.
The commonest examples are the raw sandy gleys associated with sand flats and unripened gleys associated with sand flats and unripened gleys in marine alluvium and saltmarsh.
This effect can also form gleys in some areas.
They are typical of upland bogs, and will spread over areas of stagnohumic gleys or podzols as the surface peat thickens.
On higher ground, such as the moors and uplands of Cumnock and around Muirkirk, peats and peaty gleys can be found.
This means that coarse sediments may be located in hollows with no drainage exit, leading to the formation of groundwater gleys or peat.
Selection of Deer control areas Give primary importance to underlying soil type, with preference to surface water gleys and brown earths.
These rushy fields are developed over surface gleys with poor or very poor internal drainage and typically have low species diversity.