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((Short description|Underlying geological material in which soil horizons form))
((Refimprove|date=October 2009))
'''Parent material''' is the underlying geological material (generally [[bedrock]] or a [[superficial deposits|superficial]] or [[drift (geology)|drift]] deposit) in which [[soil horizon]]s form.  Soils typically inherit a great deal of structure and [[minerals]] from their parent material, and, as such, are often classified based upon their contents of consolidated or unconsolidated [[mineral]] material that has undergone some degree of physical or chemical [[weathering]] and the mode by which the materials were most recently transported.

==Consolidated==
Parent materials that are predominantly composed of consolidated rock are termed residual parent material. The consolidated rocks consist of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock, etc.<ref name="ForestEcology">((Cite book|author1=Barnes, Burton|title=Forest Ecology|author2=Zak, Donald|author3=Denton, Shirley|author4=Spurr, Stephen|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|year=1980|isbn=978-0-471-30822-5|location=New York, NY))</ref>

===Residual===
Soil developed in residual parent material is that which forms in consolidated geologic material.<ref name="ForestEcology" /><ref name="NPSoils">((Cite book  |author1=Brady, Nyle |author2=Weil, Ray | title = The Nature and Properties of Soils  | publisher = Prentice Hall  | year = 1996  | location = Upper Saddle River, NJ  | isbn = 978-0-13-016763-7))</ref>

==Unconsolidated==
This parent material is loosely arranged, particles are not cemented together, and not stratified. This parent material is classified by its last means of transport.  For example, Material that was transported to a location by glacier, then deposited elsewhere by streams, is classified as stream-transported parent material, or glacial [[fluvial]] parent material.

===Ice transported===

==== [[Glacial till]] (Morrainal) ====
The material dragged with a moving ice sheet. Because it is not transported with liquid water, the material is not sorted by size. There are two kinds of glacial till:

# Basal till - carried at the base of the glacier and laid underneath it. This till is typically very compacted and does not allow for quick water infiltration.
# Ablation till - carried on or in the glacier and is laid down as the glacier melts. This till is typically less compacted than basal till. ((citation needed|date=June 2012))

==== [[Glaciolacustrine deposits|Glacio-lacustrine]] ====
Parent material that is created from the sediments coming into lakes that come from glaciers. The lakes are typically ice margin lakes or other types formed from glacial erosion or deposition. The bedload of the rivers, containing the larger rocks and stones is deposited near the lake edge, while the suspended sediments are settle out all over the lake bed.

==== [[Glaciofluvial deposits|Glacio-fluvial]] ====
Consist of [[Boulder|boulders]], [[gravel]], [[sand]], [[silt]] and [[clay]] from [[Ice sheet|ice sheets]] or [[Glacier|glaciers]]. They are transported, [[Sorting (sediment)|sorted]] and [[Deposition (geology)|deposited]] by streams of water. The deposits are formed beside, below or downstream from the ice. 

==== Glacio-marine ====
These sediments are created when sediments have been transported to the oceans by glaciers or icebergs. They may contain large boulders, transported by and dropped from icebergs, in the midst of fine-grained sediments.

===Water transported===
Within water transported parent material there are several important types. 

==== [[Alluvium]] ====
Parent material transported by streams of which there are three main types. [[Floodplain]]s are the parts of river valleys that are covered with water during floods. Due to their seasonal nature, floods create stratified layers in which larger particles tend to settle nearer the channel and smaller particles settle nearer the edges of the flooding area.<ref name="ForestEcology" /> Alluvial fans are sedimentary areas formed by narrow valley streams that suddenly drop to lowlands and widen dramatically. Sedimentary in these types of deposits tend to be larger closer to the uplands and finer near the edges of the fan.<ref name="ForestEcology" /> Delta deposits, the third of type of alluvium, are finer sediments that are discharged from streams into lakes and eventually settle near the mouth of the river.<ref name="ForestEcology" />

==== [[Lake|Lacustrine]] ====
Parent material deposited by a lake. Beach ridges may be present where ancient lakes once washed up sand. Lacustrine material is well sorted and fine-textured, having finer [[silt]]s and [[clay]]s. Soils formed from lacustrine parent material have low permeability in part because of this high clay content.

==== [[Marine sediment|Marine]] ====
Ocean deposited parent materials, called marine sediments, are collections of material that have been carried by rivers and streams to the ocean and eventually sink to the bottom. Such materials can vary in texture.<ref name="ForestEcology" />

===Gravity transported===
[[Colluvium]] or colluvial debris is the collection of large rock fragments that have traveled downslope by gravity.<ref name="ForestEcology" />

===Wind transported===
Parent materials can also be transported by wind, there are three important types.

==== [[Loess]] ====
[[Silt]] sized sediments transported by the wind.

==== [[Aeolian processes|Aeolian]] ====
[[Sand]] sized particles transported by the wind typically as [[Dune|dunes]].

==== Volcanic Tephra ====
The most common parent material coming from volcanoes is [[Volcanic ash|Volcanic Ash]] carried away by the wind and settling different distances from the volcano.

== Organic ==
Organic deposits (or cumulose deposits) are developed in place from plant residue (for example [[sphagnum]] moss) that has typically been preserved by a high water table, or potentially due to another factor that slows decomposition.

== Climate and weathering ==
[[Climate]] is generally considered the most important factor influencing physical and chemical weathering processes. ((citation needed|date=June 2012))

[[Physical weathering]] is especially important during the early stages of soil development. Rock can be disintegrated by changes in temperature which produces differential expansion and contraction. Changes in temperature can also cause water to freeze. The forces produced by water freezing can be as great as&nbsp;2.1&nbsp;×&nbsp;10<sup>5</sup>&nbsp;kPa, which can split rocks apart, wedge rocks upward in the soil, and heave and churn soil material.

[[Chemical weathering]]: the principal agent is percolating rainwater charged with carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Parent material becomes hydrolyzed by the acidic solution to produce minerals and to release cations.

== See also ==
* [[Saprolite]]
* [[Soil production function]]

==References==
((Reflist))((Soil type))
[[Category:Pedology]]

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