Site 12 Glacial Lacustrine
 
Depth (cm) Horizon Description 
  S Bryophytes. 
3-2 Ln  Coniferous needles, deciduous leaves, fungal mycelia, arachnida. 
2-0 Fm  Moist; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3 m); strong, non-compact matted, friable, acerose; few, fine roots; few Arachnida; abundant, random fungal mycelia. 
0-14 Ae  Pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2 m); silt loam; moderate to strong, fine, subangular blocky; friable; plentiful, fine, horizontal, inped roots; clear, wavy boundary. 
14-48 Bf  Dark red (2.5YR 4/6 m); loam; moderate to strong, fine, subangular blocky; very friable; plentiful, fine, random, inped roots; clear, wavy boundary. 
48+ C  Dark brown (7.5YR 3/3 m); loam; strong, fine, blocky; loose;few, very fine, oblique, exped roots. 


 
 
 
 
 
Selected physical and chemical properties - Pedon 12.
 
HORIZON Sand 
%
Clay 
%
Silt 
%
C 
%
Ti 
%
Zr 
ppm
pH 
dH2O
pH 
0.01M CaCl2 
Ae  62.2  3.90  33.9  0.88  0.454  158  3.9  3.3 
Bf  83.9  1.40  14.7  2.3  0.367  114  4.8  4.1 
C  89.1  1.40  9.50  1.5  0.356  112  5.2  4.4 
 
HORIZON By NH4OAc By NH4Cl 
Al 
cmol(+)kg-1
Ca 
cmol(+)kg-1
Fe 
cmol(+)kg-1
K 
cmol(+)kg-1
Mg 
cmol(+)kg-1
Mn 
cmol(+)kg-1
Na 
cmol(+)kg-1 
CEC 
cmol(+)kg-1 
Ae  0.27  1.1  0.026  0.0070  0.22  0.028  0.020  5.8 
Bf  0.25  0.85  0.050  0.028  0.13  0.017  < 0.009  2.9 
C  0.33  0.55  0.015  0.041  0.072  0.011  < 0.009  1.8 
 
HORIZON Alp 
%
Fep 
%
Alo 
%
Feo 
%
ODOE* 
Ae  0.026  0.036  0.050  0.069  0.26 
Bf  0.11  0.23  0.28  0.48  1.9 
C  0.17  0.16  0.39  0.23  1.4 
o = (NH4)2C2O4      p = Na4P2O7      * = optical density of oxalate extract  
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