Nature and Properties of Lateritic Soils Derived from Different Parent Materials in Taiwan

Table 1

Morphological characterization of the lateritic soils being studied.

Sample locations	Parent materials	Soil family and great soil groups
Tamshui	Andesite	Very fine, mixed, hyperthermic, and typic paleudult
Pingchen	Pleistocene deposit	Fine, mixed, hyperthermic, and rhodic paleudult
Loupi	Diluvium	Fine-loam, mixed, hyperthermic, and typic paleudult
Soka	Shale stone	Fine-loam, mixed, hyperthermic, and typic hapludult
Tungwei	Basalt	Fine, mixed, hyperthermic, and typic rhodustalf