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A parent material layer, the bedrock, or rock material, which is consolidated rock and is the lowest layer in any soil profile. Examples include granite, sandstone or limestone and it can be exposed to the surface without any other soil horizons above it, or buried deep within the ground, with the 'R' Horizon typically situated below the 'C' Horizon.