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| 5.71 MOULTON (Mo) (1231) |
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Definition
| Major soil group: |
05 brown soils |
With dominantly brownish or reddish subsoils and no prominent mottling or greyish colours (gleying) above 40 cm depth. They are developed mainly on permeable materials at elevations below about 300 m.0.D. Most are in agricultural use. |
| Soil Group: |
7 argillic brown earths |
Loamy or clayey with an ordinary clay-enriched subsoil. |
| Soil Subgroup: |
1 typical argillic brown earths |
(unmottled) |
| Soil Series: |
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light loamy chalky drift |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0343g Newmarket 2 |
Chromic Luvisols |
| 0511e SWAFFHAM PRIOR |
Chromic Luvisols |
| 0571k MOULTON |
Chromic Luvisols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 3
Representative Profiles: 2
Auger Bores: 30
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