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| 7.11 CLIFTON (Cu) (226) |
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Definition
| Major soil group: |
07 surface-water gley soils |
Seasonally waterlogged slowly permeable soils, formed above 3 m 0.D. and prominently mottled above 40 cm depth. They have no relatively permeable material starting within and extending below 1 m of the surface. |
| Soil Group: |
1 stagnogley soils |
With a distinct topsoil. They are found mainly in lowland Britain. |
| Soil Subgroup: |
1 typical stagnogley soils |
(with ordinary clay enriched subsoil) |
| Soil Series: |
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reddish medium loamy drift with siliceous stones |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0711l CLAVERLEY |
Chromic Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols |
| 0711m SALOP |
Chromic Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols |
| 0711n CLIFTON |
Chromic Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 53
Representative Profiles: 9
Auger Bores: 2108
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