subsoils

IMHO terroir applies to that which is immutable: the soils, the subsoils, the elevation, the exposition, the opening of the countryside, the microclimate.

Of Bicyclettes, terroir, typicité: Over on HuffPo… | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

Add to that the cut-and-fill approach for carving developments from hillsides and you are left with hard, mineral subsoils that have no air spaces for plant roots, no organic matter to support beneficial soil microbes and no nutrients to keep the soil food web going.

Get the dirt on your soil 2010

IMHO terroir applies to that which is immutable: the soils, the subsoils, the elevation, the exposition, the opening of the countryside, the microclimate.

Of Bicyclettes, terroir, typicité: Over on HuffPo… | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

The fairly shallow topsoils, coupled with the sandy subsoils provide the excellent drainage neccesary to grow grapevines here in our challenging climate.

I Guess Alice Feiring Doesn't Like Long Island Wine...Or Hasn't Tasted Much of It 2007

The soils are mostly fine sandy loams with clay subsoils that retain water.

Ecoregions of Texas (EPA) 2009

Bicarbonate weathering and leaching and accumulation of clay and silica in subsoils are the main pedogenic processes in the terrace soils.

Hardpan Terraces 2009

Gneiss, schist, and granite are typical rock types, covered with deep saprolite and mostly red, clayey subsoils.

Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA) 2009

This culture-independent approach has been applied occasionally for analysis of microbial communities in subarctic and arctic soils, most often to study relatively simple communities in hot springs, subsoils, and contaminated aquifers (section 7.3.5.2).

Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009

The ability of microorganisms to grow and metabolize in frozen soils, subsoils, or water is generally thought to be insignificant.

General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009

The underwater potential has not been evaluated, but it is believed that geological faults canalize water in a disorganized fashion in limestone subsoils such as this.

Tikal National Park, Guatemala 2008