Soil Associations
0962 NEUTRAL RST OPENCAST
Soil and site characteristics
Restored opencast coal workings. Slowly permeable seasonally waterlogged compacted fine loamy and clayey disturbed soils. Often stony with thin topsoils. Risk of water erosion
Geology
Carboniferous shale and sandstone and associated drift
Cropping and Land Use
Permanent grassland and some cereals.
Component soil series
| Subgroup | Series name | Percentage | WRB 2006 link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.62 | NEUTRAL RST OPENCAST | 75% | Spolic Technosols (Stagnic, Eutric) |
| 9.63 | LEACHED RST OPENCAST | 8% | Spolic Technosols (Stagnic, Dystric) |
| 7.13 | BRICKFIELD | 6% | Eutric Stagnosols |
| 7.12 | DALE | 5% | Clayic Eutric Stagnosols |
| 5.41 | RIVINGTON | 4% | Eutric Endoleptic Cambisols |
| 9.23 | RAW SHALE SPOIL | 1% | Hyperskeletic Spolic Technosols |
| 9.44 | VEG SHALE SPOIL | 1% | Hyperskeletic Spolic Technosols (Ochric) |
Covers 567 km2 in England and Wales
Soilscapes Classification
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Restored soils mostly from quarry and opencast spoil |
0962 NEUTRAL RST OPENCAST
Detailed Description
Soil Water Regime
Cropping and Land Use
0962 NEUTRAL RST OPENCAST
Distribution Map
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Note that the yellow shading represents a buffer to highlight the location of very small areas of the association.
Keys to component soil series
Midlands
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Wales
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Cranfield University 2024. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 16/04/2024
