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Profile T 36B Typic Mesisol (Figure 3 & Appendix I : Table 1)
Of- 0 to 40 cm, dark brown (l0YR 3/3, moist), undecomposed
Drepanocladus fen peat ; loose ; mildly alkaline ; unrubbed
fiber content 92 percent ; gradual, wavy boundary .
Om- 40 to 220 cm, black (l0YR 2/1, moist), moderately decomposed
carex and woody fen peat ; layered ; medium acid ; unrubbed
fiber content 50 percent ; clear, wavy boundary .
IICg- 220 to 250 cm, medium to fine sand .
Profile T 44 Terric Humic Mesisol (Appendix I : Table 1)
Om- 0 to 22 cm, black (l0YR 2/1, moist), moderately well decomposed
carex fen peat ; matted ; neutral ; unrubbed fiber content 34
percent ; 20 mm thick layer of volcanic ash at the bottom of
this layer ; clear, wavy boundary .
Oh- 22 to 42 cm, black (l0YR 2/1, moist), well decomposed carex
fen peat ; somewhat layered ; slightly acid ; unrubbed fiber
content 28 percent ; clear, wavy boundary .
IICg- 42+ cm, gravelly till .
Mesisols developed from fen and/or forest peat materials .
These
soils are associated with perennially frozen bogs
(wooded peat
plateaus, palsas and peat polygons) and are mapped as bogs in the area
(see Plate lA) .
Profile T 36C Cryic Mesisol (Figure 3 & Appendix I : Table 2)
Of- 0 to 56 cm, dark grayish-brown (l0YR 4/2, moist), undecomposed
sphagnum peat (dominantly Sphagnum fuscum ) ; loose ; extremely
acid ; unrubbed fiber content 92 percent ; clear, wavy boundary .
Omz- 56 to 255 cm, black (l0YR 2/1, moist), frozen, moderately
well decomposed carex fen peat ; layered ; strongly acid ;
unrubbed fiber content 34 percent ; vein ice and ice lenses
are common ; ice content approximately 65% ; clear, wavy
boundary .
IICgz- 255 to 280 cm, frozen sand .