Major soil group: | 09 made ground soils | Soils formed in a significant thickness of either artificial man-made material or former soil material or geological substrate that has undergone mechanical removal, transport and replacement. |
Soil Group: | 6 dense, seasonally wet made ground soils | soils with an impermeable or slowly permeable subsoil that impedes the downward percolation of excess water causing significant seasonal wetness in their upper layers. They are wet within 40 cm depth for at least 30 days in most years and are recognized by one of the two following sets of characteristics. EITHER A layer that is at least 15 cm thick, starts within 80 cm depth and is slightly porous or very slightly porous with high packing density. If the layer starts at or below 60 cm, there must be contemporary evidence of wetness within 40 cm of the soil surface. If the layer starts within 40 cm depth, there must either be contemporary evidence of wetness in or above it, or the soil should be formed on a level or gently sloping site of less dian 3 degrees. OR A coherent, consolidated man-made substrate at some depth between 40 and 80 cm from the soil surface. If the substrate starts at or below 60 cm, there must be contemporary evidence of wetness within 40 cm of the surface. If the substrate starts within 60 cm, there must be contemporary evidence of wetness in some part of the overlying material. Dense, seasonally wet soils give rise to relatively fragile habitats that are wet and easily damaged by recreational use during the late autumn, winter and early spring, but can suffer drought stress during the summer months. |
Soil Subgroup: | 1 calcareous dense, seasonally wet made ground soils | Soils which contain, at or within 40 cm depth, at least 1% CaCO, equivalent in the fraction < 2 mm AND have a pH (in water, 1:2.5) of at least 6.5 in any superficial noncalcareous layers. Calcareous soils have a base saturated exchange complex dominated by calcium, although significant amounts of magnesium may also be present. They are likely to support vegetation in which calcicoles form an important component. |
Soil Series: | fine loamy over clayey replaced material |
0961 RESTORED COPROLITE | Calcaric Stagnic Regosols (Transportic, Epiloamic, Endoclayic) |
National Soil Inventory Sites: 0Representative Profiles: 0Auger Bores: 0 |
All information Copyright, Cranfield University © 2024
Citation: To use information from this web resource in your work, please cite this as follows:
Cranfield University 2024. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 08/09/2024
LandIS, or the Land Information System is one of the offerings of the Cranfield Environment Centre (CEC). Incorporating the National Soil Resources Institute, we are the largest UK national and international centre for research and development, consultancy and training in soils and their interaction with the atmosphere, land use, geology and water resources.
Cranfield Environment Centre
Cranfield University
Bullock Building (B53)
Cranfield campus
Cranfield
MK43 0AL
(01234) 752992
Cookies: This site uses cookie. No personal information is gathered or held. You will need to enable cookies for this site to operate correctly.