Description of soil BCVLL~~~~~A (VALLEY CREEK)
| Classification | O.BC |
|---|---|
| Profile | Agricultural soil profile The soil has been disturbed by agriculture. |
| Kind of material | Mineral The soil material is primarily composed of mineral particles. |
| Water table | Never The water table is not present in the soil at any time. |
| Root restrictions | Fourth layer The growth of plant roots is restricted by the fourth layer. |
| Type of root restricting layer | Undifferentiated Undifferentiated |
| Drainage | Well drained Water is removed from the soil readily but not rapidly. Excess water flows downward readily into underlying pervious material or laterally as subsurface flow. Soils have intermediate available water storage capacity (4-5 cm) within the control section, and are generally intermediate in texture and depth. Water source is precipitation. On slopes subsurface flow may occur for short durations, but additions are equaled by losses. |
| Mode of Deposition | Texture | Chemical properties | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uppermost | Glaciofluvial Material moved by glaciers and subsequently sorted and deposited by streams flowing from the melting ice. The deposits are stratified and may occur in the form of outwash plains, deltas, kames eskers, and kame terraces. See also glacial drift and till. |
Medium Skeletal Medium Skeletal (USDA Texture Classes: VGSL, VGL). |
Weakly Calcareous < 6 CaCO3 equivalent (%) |
| Below | Glaciolacustrine Used where there is evidence that the lacustrine materials were deposited in contact with glacial ice. One of the following characteristics must be present:
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Moderately Coarse Moderately Coarse (USDA Texture Classes: VFS,LVFS,CSL,SL,FSL,GSL,CBSL,GFSL). |
Moderately / Very Strongly Calcareous 6 - 40 CaCO3 equivalent (%) |
Soil Layer Characteristics
| Classification | Physical | Chemical | Water | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Layer Number | Upper depth |
Lower depth |
hzn_lit | hzn_mas | hzn_suf | hzn_mod | bd | cofrag | tsand | tsilt | tclay | domsand | vfsand | orgcarb | vonpost | wood | phca | ph2 | bases | caco3 | cec | ec | ksat | kp0 | kp10 | kp33 | kp1500 |
| 1 | 0 | 10 | A | p | 1.33 | 5 | 65 | 29 | 6 | F | 16 | 1.21 | -9 | -9 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 100 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10.0 | 50 | 30 | 21 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 18 | A | h | 1.52 | 5 | 67 | 28 | 5 | F | 17 | 0.4 | -9 | -9 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 100 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10.0 | 43 | 30 | 21 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 18 | 49 | B | m | 1 | 1.62 | 20 | 67 | 25 | 8 | F | 17 | 0.24 | -9 | -9 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 100 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 11 | |
| 4 | 49 | 64 | B | m | 2 | 1.77 | 25 | 83 | 13 | 4 | F | 21 | 0.08 | -9 | -9 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 | 33 | 21 | 14 | 8 | |
| 5 | 64 | 79 | BC | 1.82 | 25 | 70 | 20 | 10 | VC | 18 | 0.14 | -9 | -9 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 100 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10.0 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 11 | |||
| 6 | 79 | 89 | BC | k | 1.64 | 45 | 70 | 22 | 8 | VC | 18 | 0.23 | -9 | -9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 100 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 10.0 | 38 | 30 | 21 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 89 | 100 | C | ca | 1.54 | 45 | 29 | 57 | 14 | VF | 7 | 0.3 | -9 | -9 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 100 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4.0 | 42 | 40 | 32 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 100 | 114 | 2 | C | k | 1.54 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 9 | VF | 0 | 0.14 | -9 | -9 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 100 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 15 | |
| 9 | 114 | 146 | 2 | C | kgj | 1.54 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 11 | VF | 0 | 0.14 | -9 | -9 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 100 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 15 | |