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Chinese translation: 钙质土壤

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English term or phrase:	Calcareous soil
Chinese translation:	钙质土壤
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02:45 Feb 27, 2008

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English term or phrase: Calcareous soil

What are the differences between the calcareous soil and limestone soil ?
And what are the identical features?
How to translate them into Chinese?
Thank you.

Chairy Wong KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 0 China
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钙质土壤

Explanation:
当然和石灰质土壤不同。

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/石灰

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/2438035

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你大概是在the Great Chinese Firewall的影响范围内，所以上不了维基的网页。那个网页解说“石灰”是什么东西。

石灰岩(石灰石、碳酸钙)锻烧后会有这样的化学反应：CaCO3 → CaO + CO2 前者是“碳酸钙”，后两者分别是“生石灰、氧化钙”和“二氧化碳”。

生石灰加水的化学反应：CaO+H2O→Ca(OH)2 后者是“氢氧化钙、熟石灰”。

可以想象在大自然中，石灰岩风化的土壤很自然会在生石灰和熟石灰之间变化。石灰质的土壤只是钙质土壤的一种，石灰质的土壤当然和钙质的土壤不同。

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Wenjer Leuschel
Taiwan
Local time: 23:42

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Thanks for your help.
That's the common term for limestone soil.这个是什么啊？是说calcareous soil 是limestone soil的一般说法？还是说calcareous soil 是limestone soil中的一个常见的部分？谢谢。

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4 +3	钙质土壤	Wenjer Leuschel
3	limestone soil = 石灰土;石灰岩土 calcareous soil = 石灰性土壤	lai an

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calcareous soil

钙质土壤

Wenjer Leuschel
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Asker: how to translate limestone soil? 那个wiki地址打不开

2 days3 hrs confidence:

calcareous soil limestone soil = 石灰土;石灰岩土 calcareous soil = 石灰性土壤

Explanation:
limestone soil = 石灰土;石灰岩土 calcareous soil = 石灰性土壤

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limestone soils refer to soil types (classification) in pedology.
calcareous soil refers to soils containing limestone, chalk, and marl in soil science.

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calcareous soil 石灰性土:
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=石灰性土 calcareous soils...

Reference: http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=%E7%9F%B3%E7%81%B0%E5...
Reference: http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=calcareou...

lai an
New Zealand
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