Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech
Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech
Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech
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4th IUSS Soil Classification Conference <strong>Field</strong> Tour Guidebook<br />
A or Ap horizon:<br />
Hue--10YR or 2.5Y<br />
Value--2 or 3<br />
Chroma--1 or 2<br />
Texture--silty clay, clay, silty clay loam, loam, or silt loam<br />
Clay content--15 to 50 percent<br />
Sand--1 to 50 percent<br />
Calcium carbonate equivalent--5 to 30 percent<br />
Reaction--slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline<br />
Overwash phase:<br />
Texture--fine sandy loam or loamy fine sand<br />
Clay content--2 to 20 percent<br />
Sand content--50 to 90 percent<br />
Thickness--10 to 20 inches<br />
Cg horizon:<br />
Hue--10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, or is neutral<br />
Value--3 to 5<br />
Chroma--0 to 2<br />
Texture--clay or silty clay<br />
Clay content--50 to 70 percent<br />
Sand--1 to 5 percent<br />
Calcium carbonate equivalent--5 to 30 percent<br />
Reaction--slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline<br />
Many pedons have strata of silty or clayey materials with individual strata up to 1 to 2 inches<br />
thick<br />
Some pedons have a transitional layer, less than 5 inches thick, between the Cg1 and 2Cg2<br />
horizons of silty clay loam, with sand content up to 15 percent fine sand and sand coarser than<br />
fine sand<br />
2Cg horizon:<br />
Hue--10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, or is neutral<br />
Value--3 to 5<br />
Chroma--0 to 2<br />
Texture--silt loam, very fine sandy loam, loam with a high amount of very fine sand, or loamy<br />
very fine sand<br />
Clay content--10 to 18 percent<br />
Sand content--10 to 75 percent<br />
Calcium carbonate equivalent--5 to 30 percent<br />
Reaction--slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline<br />
Some pedons have strata of loamy fine sand or fine sand below a depth of 40 inches<br />
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