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Definition of Claypan
1. Noun. (geology) A compact stratum of partially permeable material rich in clay ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Claypan
1. a shallow natural depression [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claypan
Literary usage of Claypan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl R. Schneider (1997)
"C54-1995 On-the-go changes in fertilizer rates to agree with claypan productivity.
Kitchen, NR; Kanwar, RS Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team ..."
2. Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia by Sir Baldwin Spencer, William Austin Horn (1896)
"The claypan has now become established and will retain water for a longer or
shorter period, and as there is now very little percolation through the bottom ..."
3. Alternative Farming Systems by K. Schnieder (1994)
"... losses of agricultural fertilizers from claypan soils under ridge tillage
management Neibling, WH; Thompson, AL; Pfost, DL; Alberts, EE Columbia, Mo. ..."
4. The Soils and Agriculture of the Southern States by Hugh Hammond Bennett (1921)
"usually represent poorly drained soils, often having an impervious subsoil,
hardpan, or claypan, and which are imperfectly oxidized and strongly inclined to ..."
5. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1907)
"... black clay; and an alternation of sand hill and claypan.s l"' ow' The first
arises from the decay of sandstone charged with iron, and mixed with shale: ..."
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