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Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech

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4th IUSS Soil Classification Conference <strong>Field</strong> Tour Guidebook<br />

Loess Derived <strong>Soils</strong> at Chalco Hills Recreation Area<br />

(provided by Dan Shurtliff)<br />

Ida Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Udorthents<br />

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:<br />

Horizonation:<br />

A: 8-23 cm thick<br />

AC: 0-15 cm thick<br />

C<br />

Depth to secondary calcium carbonate: 0 centimeters (carbonates at the surface)<br />

679,142 total acres in MLRA 102C, 106, and 107B<br />

Contrary Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts<br />

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:<br />

Horizonation:<br />

A: 10-23 cm thick<br />

Bw: 51 –122 cm thick<br />

BC: 0-25 cm thick<br />

C<br />

Depth to carbonates—Greater than 102 cm<br />

103,902 total acres in MLRA 107B<br />

Monona Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls<br />

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:<br />

Horizonation:<br />

A: 25-61 cm thick<br />

Bw: 30-114 cm thick<br />

C<br />

Thickness of the mollic epipedon--25 to 61 centimeters<br />

Depth to carbonates—Greater than 61 centimeters (typically absent)<br />

873,344 total acres in MLRA 102C, 106 and 107B<br />

Marshall Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls<br />

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:<br />

Horizonation:<br />

A: 25-60 cm thick<br />

Bw: 50-125 cm thick<br />

Bg: 0-30 cm thick<br />

Cg<br />

Thickness of the mollic epipedon--25 to 61 centimeters<br />

Depth to Redoximorphic features – Greater than 75 centimeters<br />

Depth to carbonates—Greater than 183 centimeters (typically absent)<br />

1,410,276 total acres in MLRA 102C,106, 107B, 108, 109<br />

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