scientists who study soil divide it into layers called
Scientists who study soil and divide it into layers are called soil classifiers. Other types of soil scientists include agrologists and pedologists. Danielle McGinnis 0 3 years ago Pittsburgh, PA
Through the interactions of these four soil processes, the soil constituents are reorganized into visibly, chemically, and/or physically distinct layers, referred to as horizons. There are five soil horizons: O, A, E, B, and C. (R is used to denote bedrock.) There is no set order for these horizons within a soil. Some soil profiles have an A-C combination, some have an O-E-B, an O-A-B, or just an O. Some profiles may have all the horizons, O-A-E-B-C-R. And some profiles may have multiple varieties of one horizon, such as an A-B-E-B.