Soil Series
7.11 SALOP (Sh) (1802)
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: | reddish medium loamy over clayey drift with siliceous stones |
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)
| 0572l FLINT | Chromic Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols |
| 0711b BROCKHURST 1 | Chromic Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols |
| 0711l CLAVERLEY | Chromic Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols |
| 0711m SALOP | Chromic Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols |
| 0712f CREWE | Chromic Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols |
| 0714b OAK 1 | Chromic Eutric Albic Luvic Stagnosols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 72Representative Profiles: 8Auger Bores: 1792 |
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Cranfield University 2024. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 10/10/2024
