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Paleosoil

Haplic Regosol on Quaternary sediments showing iron concretion Antonio Jordán

Close-up of cracked bright red soil with dark spots and a pale yellowish band along a crack, with a cigarette lighter placed for scale. — Soil colours indicate different processes Antonio Jordán

Close-up of fingers holding a small round concretion, its broken face orange-brown with patches of black coating, against a blurred blue sky and red ground. — Manganese and iron covering a carbonate concretion Antonio Jordán

Hand holding a heart-shaped lump of red soil speckled with black spots, against a blurred green background. — Manganese black spots in red soil Antonio Jordán

Close-up of fingers holding a thin flake of red soil seen edge-on, dotted with black specks, with a blurred person behind. — Manganese black spots in red soil Antonio Jordán

Smiling person in a blue T-shirt and blue sunglasses holding a large lump of red soil in front of a deep red soil wall. — Red soil aggregate from a paleosoil in Mallorca Island (Spain) Antonio Jordán

Large chunk of red soil held in a hand while another hand pours liquid onto it from a white bottle with a blue cap, over red ground. — Manganese black spots in soil Antonio Jordán

Hand holding a flat, rough slab of pale cream calcium carbonate that looks like a rock fragment, against a blurred background of red soil. — Not a rock fragment! Antonio Jordán

Terra rossa near São Brás de Alportel (southern Portugal) Antonio Jordán

Exposed bank of deep red soil studded with pale limestone blocks and scattered stones, below a dense green shrub. — Terra rossa near São Brás de Alportel (southern Portugal) Antonio Jordán

Bank of dark red soil with many angular cream limestone fragments and larger pale rock outcrops at the bottom, under green shrubs with red berries. — Terra rossa near São Brás de Alportel (southern Portugal) Antonio Jordán

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