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+ 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 
%

%
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 
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

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 
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 
0.17  0.16  0.39  0.23  1.4 
o = (NH4)2C2O4      p = Na4P2O7      * = optical density of oxalate extract  
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