shajiang tu

geology

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Anhui

  • Huang Mountains
    In Anhui: Soils

    …curious mineral masses known as shajiangtu (“sandy ginger soils”) because they resemble ginger roots. They form in low-lying places where the ground is waterlogged, rarely occur on the surface, and sometimes form a hardpan, or basin, some feet below ground level.

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Shandong

  • old and new buildings in Jinan
    In Shandong: Soils

    …China Plain is the subsurface shajiang tu, or “sandy ginger soil.” This soil appears at the lowest elevations of alluvial plains where surface water remains unevaporated for several months until the dry season and also in sections of the plains subject to annual alluvial inundation. Such soils are always covered…

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