Soil Series
8.32 KELMSCOT (Km) (1002)
Definition
| Major soil group: | 08 ground-water gley soils | Seasonally waterlogged soils affected by a shallow fluctuating groundwater-table. They are developed mainly within or over permeable material and have prominently mottled or greyish coloured horizons within 40 cm depth Most occupy low-lying or depressional sites. |
| Soil Group: | 3 cambic gley soils | Non-alluvial, loamy or clayey with a distinct topsoil and no clay-enriched subsoil. |
| Soil Subgroup: | 2 calcaro-cambic gley soils | (loamy with calcareous subsoil) |
| Soil Series: | medium loamy material over calcareous gravel |
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Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0511i BADSEY 2 | Endoskeletic Calcaric Mollic Gleysols |
| 0512d GROVE | Endoskeletic Calcaric Mollic Gleysols |
| 0832 KELMSCOT | Endoskeletic Calcaric Mollic Gleysols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 3Representative Profiles: 1Auger Bores: 60 |
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Cranfield University 2024. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 10/10/2024
