Soil Series
5.51 NEWPORT (Na) (1310)
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: | 5 brown sands | Non-calcareous sandy or sandy gravelly. |
| Soil Subgroup: | 1 typical brown sands | (unmottled with no clay-enriched subsoil) |
| Soil Series: | sandy drift with siliceous stones |
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Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0343g Newmarket 2 | Eutric Arenosols |
| 0541r WICK 1 | Eutric Arenosols |
| 0541t WICK 3 | Eutric Arenosols |
| 0551a BRIDGNORTH | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0551b CUCKNEY 1 | Eutric Arenosols |
| 0551d NEWPORT 1 | Eutric Arenosols |
| 0551e NEWPORT 2 | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0551f Newport 3 | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0551g NEWPORT 4 | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0554b WORLINGTON | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0555 Downham | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0571x Ludford | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0572n BURLINGHAM 1 | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0572p BURLINGHAM 3 | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0581f BARROW | Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
| 0631f Crannymoor | Dystric Arenosols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 59Representative Profiles: 10Auger Bores: 2216 |
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Cranfield University 2024. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 07/12/2024
