Calcareous Dark Gray Chernozem (CA.DGC)
Common horizon sequence: Ah, Ahe, Bmk, Cca or Ck
These soils have the general properties of the Chernozemic order and the Dark Gray Chernozem great group. They differ from Orthic Dark Gray Chernozems by having a B horizon from which primary alkaline earth carbonates have not been removed completely (Bmk). Otherwise they have the general properties of Orthic Dark Gray Chernozems.
Note: Diagnostic horizons are underlined.