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7.11 NETCHWOOD (Nw) (1305)

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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 silty material passing to soft shale or siltstone

Brief Profile Description

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

0572b MIDDLETON

Siltic Eutric Luvic Stagnosols

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Surveyed profiles in LandIS

National Soil Inventory Sites: 6

Representative Profiles: 0

Auger Bores: 34

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