Caliche, calcrete, duricrust or hardpan is a calcium carbonate cement that precipitates between others soil materials. This photo was taken near Torto

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Caliche, calcrete, duricrust or hardpan is a calcium carbonate cement that precipitates between others soil materials. This photo was taken near Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Photo credit: © José María Barres Manuel / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: arid, aridisol, calcium, calcrete, caliche, carbonate, catalonia, cement, climate, duricrust, edaphology, hardpan, pedology, precipitation, semiarid, soil, spain, tarragona, tortosa, weathering, wether