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: | medium loamy or medium silty drift over reddish clayey material passing to clay or soft mudstone |
0572f WHIMPLE 3 | Chromi-Albic Luvic Planosols |
0711b BROCKHURST 1 | Chromi-Albic Luvic Planosols |
0711c BROCKHURST 2 | Chromi-Albic Luvic Planosols |
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National Soil Inventory Sites: 22Representative Profiles: 10Auger Bores: 1118 |
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