Distinctly alkaline diagnostic horizons, thin profiles, lack of organic material, and dominance of sandy materials are features most closely associated with which soil order?
A) Andisols
B) Mollisols
C) Gelisols
D) Aridosols
E) Oxisols
Answer: D
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