Where can the parent material for a soil come from?

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30 September, 17:04

Where can the parent material for a soil come from?

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Marcella · Answer 1

Soils form in parent material that is not just bedrock weathered in place. Parent material is classified based on its mode of transportation: ice, water, gravity, wind, lakes and oceans, or in place. Parent material transported by ice is known as glacial till.