[en] Landscape Ecological Survey of the Bipindi-Akom II ... - ITTO

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PROFILE PROFILE 219 219
Legend Legend unit: unit:
Soil Soil classification:
classification:
Description: Description:
Location: Location:
Elevation: Elevation:
Landfonn Landfonn and and slope: slope:
Parent Parent material: material:
Vegetation: Vegetation:
Drainage: Drainage:
Soil: Soil:
Depth Depth (cm) (cm) Hor. Hor.
0- 0- 3 3 Ah Ah
3 3 -- 14 14 BA BA
14-79 14-79 Bws Bws
Du2 Du2
Acri-xanthic Acri-xanthic Ferralsol Ferralsol (FAO) (FAO)
Typic Typic Kandiudult Kandiudult (Soil (Soil Taxonomy) Taxonomy)
On On 14-08-95 14-08-95 by by Gerard Gerard Hazeu Hazeu
About About 2.5 2.5 km km SW SW ofMelen ofMelen village; village; 3 3 °02'80 °02'80 Nand Nand 10°31 10°31 '64 '64 E E
220 220 m m
Rolling Rolling uplands; uplands; upper upper slope slope 15% 15%
Gm:isses Gm:isses and/or and/or migmatites migmatites of of the the Precambrian Precambrian shield shield
Forest Forest
Well Well drained drained
Moderately Moderately deep, deep, yellowish yellowish brown brown sandy sandy clay clay to to clay clay with with sandy sandy loam loam to to
loamy loamy sand sand topsoil topsoil
Description Description
dark dark brown brown (lOYR3/3); (lOYR3/3); sandy sandy loam; loam; weak weak very very fine fine crumb crumb to to subangular subangular
blocky; blocky; very very friable, friable, slightly slightly stick), stick), and and slightly slightly plastic; plastic; common common to to many, many,
very very fine fine to to fine fine roots; roots; clear clear and and smooth smooth transition transition
dark dark yellowish yellowish brown brown (IOYR4/6); (IOYR4/6); sandy sandy clay clay loam; loam; weak weak very very fine fine to to fine fine
subangular subangular blocky; blocky; very very friable, friable, slightly slightly sticky sticky and and slightly slightly plastic; plastic; few few to to
many, many, fine fine to to medium medium roots; roots; gradual gradual and and smooth smooth transition transition to to
yellowish yellowish brown brown (lOYR5/8); (lOYR5/8); clay; clay; moderate moderate fine fine subangular subangular blocky; blocky;
friable, friable, slightly slightly sticky sticky and and slightly slightly plastic; plastic; few few to to common, common, very very fine fine to to
fine fine roots. roots.
Horizon Horizon
Ah Ah
BA BA
Bws Bws
CB CB
Horizon Horizon
Ah Ah
BA BA
Bws Bws
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Horizon Horizon
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Bws Bws
CB CB
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Particle Particle size size distribution distribution
Depth Depth (cm) (cm) % % of of fine fine earth; earth; in in j.lm j.lm
pH pH