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| 5.81 MARLOW (mW) (1239) |
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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: |
8 paleo-argillic brown earths |
Loamy or clayey, with an ancient reddish or reddish mottled, clay-enriched subsoil formed, at least in part, before the last (Devensian) glacial period. |
| Soil Subgroup: |
1 typical paleo-argillic brown earths |
(unmottled) |
| Soil Series: |
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medium loamy over clayey drift with siliceous stones |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0571c MALLING |
Profundic Chromic Luvisols |
| 0571o MELFORD |
Profundic Chromic Luvisols |
| 0581e MARLOW |
Profundic Chromic Luvisols |
| 0582b Hornbeam 1 |
Profundic Chromic Luvisols |
| 0582c HORNBEAM 2 |
Profundic Chromic Luvisols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 19
Representative Profiles: 1
Auger Bores: 174
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