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5.12 ICKFORD (iK) (815) Series

« BLOCK ARNOLD »

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: 1 brown calcareous earths Non-alluvial, with calcareous loamy or clayey subsoils without significant clay enrichment.
Soil Subgroup: 2 gleyic brown calcareous earths (faintly mottled with permeable subsoil)
Soil Series: medium loamy material over calcareous gravel

Brief Profile Description

In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)

0511i    BADSEY 2 Calcaric Endogleyic Endoskeletic Cambisols
0512c    RUSKINGTON Calcaric Endogleyic Endoskeletic Cambisols
0512e    BLOCK Calcaric Endogleyic Endoskeletic Cambisols
0832    KELMSCOT Calcaric Endogleyic Endoskeletic Cambisols

Surveyed profiles in LandIS

National Soil Inventory Sites: 6

Representative Profiles: 1

Auger Bores: 73
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