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5.12 BLOCK (bC) (126) Series

« BLITHE BOCKMER »

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: 1 brown calcareous earths Non-alluvial, with calcareous loamy or clayey subsoils without significant clay enrichment.
Soil Subgroup: 2 gleyic brown calcareous earths (faintly mottled with permeable subsoil)
Soil Series: medium loamy chalky drift

Brief Profile Description

In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)

0512b    LANDBEACH Calcaric Endogleyic Cambisols
0512e    BLOCK Calcaric Endogleyic Cambisols
0512f    Milton Calcaric Endogleyic Cambisols

Surveyed profiles in LandIS

National Soil Inventory Sites: 4

Representative Profiles: 0

Auger Bores: 47
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