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THE purpose of this note is to direct attention to a concept in soil science for which we propose the term 'pedogenic inertia'. This is the concept that a process in soil formation, once established, may continue in spite of changes in the environment to conditions which apparently are not normally favourable to this process. The argument may be stated as follows.
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BRYAN, W., TEAKLE, L. Pedogenic Inertia : a Concept in Soil Science. Nature 164, 969 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164969a0
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