Soil Series
7.12 SPETCHLEY (Sy) (1839)
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: | 2 pelo-stagnogley soils | (clayey) |
| Soil Series: | reddish clayey material passing to clay or soft mudstone |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0711c BROCKHURST 2 | Clayic Chromic Eutric Stagnosols |
| 0711i WICKHAM 5 | Clayic Chromic Eutric Stagnosols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 6Representative Profiles: 3Auger Bores: 375 |
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Cranfield University 2022. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 14/08/2022
