CMPLR
Kind of compacted, consolidated, or contrasting layer

Definition

CMPLRDOM

Kind of compacted, consolidated, or contrasting layer (dominant soil landscape)

CMPLRSUB

Kind of compacted, consolidated, or contrasting layer (subdominant soil landscape)

Classification

CODE	CLASS	DESCRIPTION
A	Compacted parent material	Compacted glacial till or other material
B	Basal till	Compacted glacial till deposited beneath a moving glacier
C	Compacted material (anthropogenic)	Soil material compacted by human activities that adversely affect crop production
D	Duric horizon
F	Fragipan horizon
O	Ortstein horizon
P	Placic horizon
R	Rock	Consolidated bedrock too hard either to break with the hands (>3 on Moh's scale) or to dig when moist
G	Gravel
L	Colluvium
S	Sand
X	Silt
Y	Clay
-	not identified

Source

This information was originally found in SLC verson 1.0. It was translated to version 2.2 using a polygon intersection approach (NSDB-ID=CAR016).

effective version 2.2 Source: adapted from Shields et al., 1991
Contact: Head, CanSIS