VSF 2010 Report - Nabo

Table 1. Coring results from Hálshús
Date: 15/08/2010 cloudy, little rain pH: 4,1 EC: 1014 Init.: C.D.-H. & R.M
Transect # Core # Layer thickness Description
1 #1 0-10 cm top soil, rooty, medium brown, dry, organic matter, loose
10-22 cm sub soil, loose
22-27 cm medium brown silty layer with roots, charcoal bits, loose
27 cm stone
#2 0-11 cm top soil, rooty, medium brown, dry, organic matter, loose
11-13 cm sub soil, loose
13-19 cm dark brown turf with peat ash at bottom
19-44 cm silt and turf layer with charcoal bits, medium brown
44 cm stone
#3 0-9 cm top soil, rooty, medium brown, dry, organic matter, loose
9-13 cm sub soil, loose
13-17 cm reddish turf with green tephra
17-20 cm silt and turf layer with charcoal bits, medium brown
20-21 cm light brown bleach soil and more charcoal
21-22 cm medium brown turf with charcoal and birch
22-27 cm medium brown silty layer, roots, clean
27-42 cm medium brown to orange reddish brown turf, compact, charcoal bits
42-49 cm medium brown silty layer, roots, clean
49-52 cm really compact wet turf, with charcoal and birch wood, black, floor
52-59 cm compact, wet, dark brown layer with wood fragment and organic
matter
59-64 cm dark brown turf, compact, with charcoal bits, traces of wood, organic
matter
64-69 cm peat ash, wood ash and charcoal layer
69-78 cm silt and turf layer with charcoal bits, medium brown
78-84 cm silty, medium brown layer, wet, with charcoal bits and traces of burnt
bones
84-87 cm dense charcoal layer, dark brown
87-98 cm dark brown clayish silt, wet, tiny charcoal bits, bone butter
98 cm stone
2 #4 0-17 cm loose top soil
17-32 cm sub soil, loose
32-50 cm same as above
50-53 cm really wet dark brown organic layer
53-72 cm same as above, with charcoal layer at 63 cm
72-73 cm gravely medium brown layer
73 cm stone
#5 0-12 cm top soil, rooty, medium brown, dry, organic matter, loose
12-18 cm sub soil, traces of charcoal
18-21 cm dry silt layer with traces of burnt bones
21-29 cm dry silty turf with traces of charcoal and birch wood
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