Description of soil MBOLD~~~~~N (Old Beach)

General Characteristics
Classification E.EB

Eluviated Eutric Brunisol

Profile Native soil profile

The soil is in native condition (undisturbed 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 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 Rapidly drained

Water is removed from the soil rapidly in relation to supply. Excess water flows downward if underlying material is pervious. Subsurface flow may occur on steep gradients during heavy rainfall. Soils have low available water storage capacity (2.5-4 cm) within the control section, and are usually coarse textured, or shallow, or both. Water source is precipitation.

Parent Materials
Mode of Deposition Texture Chemical properties
Marine

Unconsolidated deposits of clay, silt, sand, or gravel that are well to moderately well sorted and well to moderately well stratified (in some places containing shells). The deposits have settled from suspension in salt or brackish water bodies or have accumulated at their margins through shoreline processes such as wave action and longshore drift. Nonfossiliferous deposits may be judged marine if they are located in an area that may reasonably be considered to have contained salt water at the time the deposits were formed.

Very Coarse

Very Coarse (USDA Texture Classes: VCS,CS,S,GS,CBS).

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 -4 0 LH 0.15 0 -9 -9 -9 - -9 27.6 -9 0 3.6 4.0 37 0 47 0 10.0 85 70 50 15
2 0 5 A e 1.6 0 94 5 1 M 5 0.4 -9 -9 4.7 5.1 36 0 3 0 30.0 40 9 5 1
3 5 18 B m 1.6 7 93 4 3 M 10 0.6 -9 -9 5.8 6.2 47 0 3 0 30.0 40 7 5 2
4 18 22 BC 1.65 5 96 2 2 F 16 0.2 -9 -9 6.7 7.1 92 0 2 0 30.0 37 10 6 2
5 22 40 C k 1 1.7 15 96 3 1 C 4 0.0 -9 -9 7.6 8.0 100 23 1 0 30.0 37 8 5 2
6 40 100 C k 2 1.7 49 96 2 2 VC 2 0.0 -9 -9 7.7 8.1 100 27 1 0 60.0 37 6 5 1
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