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Description of soil MBOBOpd~~~A (Osborne)

General Characteristics
Classification GLC.HV

Gleysolic Humic Vertisol

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 Unspecified period

The water table is present in the soil during an unspecified period.

Root restrictions No root restricting layer

The growth of plant roots is not restricted by any soil layer.

Type of root restricting layer n/a

Not Applicable

Drainage Poorly drained

Water is removed so slowly in relation to supply that the soil remains wet for a comparatively large part of the time the soil is not frozen. Excess water is evident in the soil for a large part of the time. Subsurface flow or groundwater flow, or both, in addition to precipitation are the main water sources; there may also be a perched water table, with precipitation exceeding evapotranspiration. Soils have a wide range in available water storage capacity, texture, and depth, and are gleyed subgroups, Gleysols, and Organic soils.

Parent Materials
Mode of Deposition Texture Chemical properties
Lacustrine

Sediment, generally consisting of either stratified fine sand, silt, and clay deposited on the lake bed, or moderately-well sorted, stratified sand and coarse materials that consist of near lake shore or beach deposits. These materials have either settled from suspension in bodies of standing fresh water or accumulated at their margins through wave action.

Very Fine

Very Fine (USDA Texture Classes: HC (more than 60% clay).

Moderately / Very Strongly Calcareous

6 - 40 CaCO3 equivalent (%)

Soil Layer Characteristics

Soil Layer Characteristics
Classification Physical Chemical Water
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 -15 0 O mp 0.2 0 -9 -9 -9 - -9 20.8 5 0 6.6 7.1 95 0 60 1 3.0 90 75 60 15
2 0 15 A hg 1.2 0 14 26 60 F 5 3.4 -9 -9 7.0 7.4 100 1 46 1 0.3 53 47 45 21
3 15 31 AC 1.1 0 7 9 84 - 0 0.6 -9 -9 7.4 7.8 100 3 49 0 0.15 58 50 47 21
4 31 48 C cag 1.32 0 5 36 59 - 0 0.4 -9 -9 7.8 8.1 100 33 23 1 0.15 51 49 47 19
5 48 100 C kg 1.3 0 4 25 71 - 1 0.2 -9 -9 7.7 8.0 100 15 35 2 0.15 51 49 47 20
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