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6.31 SANTON (sN) (1807) Series

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Definition

Major soil group: 06 podzolic soils With black, dark brown or ochreous humus and iron-enriched subsoils formed as a result of acid weathering conditions. Under natural or semi-natural vegetation, they have an unincorporated acid organic layer at the surface.
Soil Group: 3 podzols Well drained, with a bleached subsurface horizon and no thin ironpan.
Soil Subgroup: 1 humo-ferric podzols (with black or dark brown humus and iron-enriched)
Soil Series: sandy chalky drift

Brief Profile Description

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

0554b    WORLINGTON Ruptic Albic Podzols

Surveyed profiles in LandIS

National Soil Inventory Sites: 0

Representative Profiles: 0

Auger Bores: 0
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