(Rego) Humic Gleysolic Soils

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Omscap (35 to 15 cm) Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2 m, broken), black (5YR 2.5/1 m, rubbed); 50% unrubbed and 25% rubbed fiber content; pyrophosphate color (10YR 6/2) loose; soft and fluffy; weakly calcareous; abrupt, smooth boundary; 15 to 30 cm thick 

Omsca (15 to 0 cm) Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2 m, broken), black (5YR 2.5/1 m, rubbed; 50% unrubbed and 25% rubbed fiber content; pyrophosphate color 10YR 6/2; weak fine platy; friable; moderately calcareous; contains band of very pale brown (10YR 6 /3) calcium carbonate 2 cm thick plus shells of immature, freshwater and land snails; abrupt smooth boundary; 10 to 18 cm thick 

Ahscag1 (0 to 25 cm) Black (10YR 2/1 m); silty clay loam; few, fine,faint, yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; weak to moderate, fine platy; friable; no clay films; strongly calcareous; no coarse fragments; gradual, wavy boundary; 20 to 30 cm thick 

Ahscag2 (25 to 37 cm) Dark gray (10YR 3.5/1 m); silty clay; few, fine and medium, faint, browniish yellow (10YR 6/6) mottles; weak to moderate, fine platy; friable; no clay films; moderately calcareous; no coarse fragments; abrupt, smooth, boundary; 10 to 14 cm thick 

Csg (37 to 41 cm) Gray (2.5 6/1 m); clay loam; many, medium and coarse, prominent prominent, brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) mottles; massive; friable; no clay films; weakly calcareous; no coarse fragments; many, fine, light gray (10YR 7/1) salt crystals throughout the matrix; weakly saline; clea, wavy boundary; 4 to 8 cm thick 

Cskg (41 to 80 cm) Gray (2.5Y 6/1 m); silty clay loam; common, medium, prominent, brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; no clay films; moderately calcareous; no coarse fragments; many, fine, l ight gray (10YR 7/1) salt crystals throughout the matrix; weakly saline; moderate alkaline reaction 
 
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES 
(Rego) Humic Gleysols -Chemical Properties 
Horizons  pH  OM(%)  CEC (Ca2++Mg2+)  Na+ K+ 
(cmolc kg-1) 
Omscap 7.1 28.00 42.5  1.5 8.4 - 
Omsca 7.1 33.00 37.5  0.8 6.2 - 
Ahscag1 7.6 6.00 36.5 1.5  4.7 - 
Ahscag2 7.6 0.76 37.0 1.4  3.4 - 
Csg 7.5 - 36.0 1.8  2.4 - 
Cskg 7.6 - 39.5 2.0  1.1 - 

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 
(Rego) Humic Gleysols -Physical Properties 
Horizons  Sand  Silt  Clay  BD 
Ahscag1 13 48 39 1.26 
Ahscag2 18 54 28 - 
Csg 25 38 37 1.53 
Cskg 16 39 45 1.49 

References

Crown, P.H. and G.M. Greenlee. 1978. 11th Int'l Soil Sci. Soc. Congress. Guidebook for Tours E1, E2 and E3. Alberta Res. Council Contrib. No. 822.

Clayton, J.S., W.A. Ehlrich, D.B. Cann, J. H. Day and I.B. Marshall. 1977. Soils of Canada Vol 1. Soil report. Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa

Agriculture Canada Expert Committee on Soil survey. 1987. The Canadian System of Soil Classification. 2nd ed. Agric. Can. Publ. 1646. 164 pp. 

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