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8.13 DOWELS (Dw) (313) | ![]() |
« DOVEY | DOWNHAM » |
Major soil group: | 08 ground-water gley soils | Seasonally waterlogged soils affected by a shallow fluctuating groundwater-table. They are developed mainly within or over permeable material and have prominently mottled or greyish coloured horizons within 40 cm depth Most occupy low-lying or depressional sites. |
Soil Group: | 1 alluvial gley soils | With distinct topsoil, in loamy or clayey recent alluvium more than 30 cm thick. |
Soil Subgroup: | 3 pelo-alluvial gley soils | (clayey with non-calcareous subsoil) |
Soil Series: | clayey over peaty marine alluvium |
0813h Dowels | Clayic Fluvic Eutric Thaptohistic Gleysols |
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National Soil Inventory Sites: 2Representative Profiles: 1Auger Bores: 48 |
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