Soil Series
5.11 BADSEY (Ba) (100)
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: | 1 typical brown calcareous earths | (unmottled) |
| Soil Series: | medium loamy material over calcareous gravel |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0511h BADSEY 1 | Calcaric Endoskeletic Cambisols |
| 0511i BADSEY 2 | Calcaric Endoskeletic Cambisols |
| 0512f Milton | Calcaric Endoskeletic Cambisols |
| 0571u SUTTON 1 | Calcaric Endoskeletic Cambisols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 13Representative Profiles: 3Auger Bores: 386 |
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Cranfield University 2024. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 10/10/2024
