Characteristics of a soil forming

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a) Soil forming factors and processes result in different characteristics of soil profiles. What are the expected characteristics of a soil forming under the following conditions? Explain your answer in detail

Silicic parent material (rocks containing high amounts of silicon, aluminium, and iron oxides/hydroxides)
Warm and wet climatic conditions (high average temperature and high annual rainfall) with high activity of organisms
Steep slope terrain/landscape
Very old (billions of years) geologic time of parent material

b) Explain the concept of Geologic Time Scale, and how time is a factor of soil formation

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