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| 7.12 DALE (Dl) (300) |
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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: |
2 pelo-stagnogley soils |
(clayey) |
| Soil Series: |
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clayey material passing to clay or soft mudstone |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0421a STOW |
Clayic Eutric Stagnosols |
| 0711d MARTOCK |
Clayic Eutric Stagnosols |
| 0711e WICKHAM 1 |
Clayic Eutric Stagnosols |
| 0712a DALE |
Clayic Eutric Stagnosols |
| 0962 NEUTRAL RST OPENCAST |
Clayic Eutric Stagnosols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 23
Representative Profiles: 5
Auger Bores: 343
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