| Abstract (english) | Terra rossa, the term introduced by TUĆAN (1912), is a generic term that refers to a soil formed in a Mediterranean climate that is red in colour, well-structured, high in Fe oxides strongly associated with clay minerals and overlying carbonate rocks (PRIORI et al., 2008). The term is commonly used by pedologists, geologists, archaeologists, geomorphologists, and sedimentologists in the Mediterranean region and in areas with continuously humid climates in the Western (e.g., Caribbean, Indiana, Wisconsin) and Eastern Hemispheres (e.g., southern Australia). In the WRB classification system, terra rossa soils can be classified as Cambisols, Luvisols, Nitisols (PRIORI et al., 2008), Leptosols (e.g., MUHS et al., 2010), and Lixisols (DURN et al., 2023). However, terra rossa is also referred to as a relict soil, polygenetic soil, palaeosol, pedosediment vetusol, lithified palaeosol, pedosedimentary complex, soil sediment, and sediment by various researchers (e.g., CREMASCHI, 1987; MIRABELLA et al., 1992; ALTAY, 1997; BENAC & DURN, 1997; BRONGER & BRUHN-LOBIN, 1997; DURN et al., 1999, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2023; DURN, 2003: FEDOROFF & COURTY, 2013; ZHANG et al., 2018; JONES, 2021; TRAVÉ et al., 2021). |
