Soil Site Reporter

Soil Series

7.11 MARTOCK (Mb) (1209)


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: 1 typical stagnogley soils (with ordinary clay enriched subsoil)
Soil Series: medium loamy or medium silty over clayey material passing to soft shale or siltstone

Alert ! - slowly permeable soils with seasonal wetness read the alert

Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
0711a    STANWAY Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols
0711d    MARTOCK Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols
Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 15
Representative Profiles: 0
Auger Bores: 370
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