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MAPLEWOOD SOIL - TILL PHASE (MA.T)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS 40 to 100 cm of medium (loamy) textured material over fine to very fine (clayey)textured glacial till materialDRAINAGEPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUES- .Depth toOrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 6 24 0 54 33 30 16 VFSL 3 .1 7 .1 0.7Bg 5 46 2 61 33 21 18 VFSL 1 .0 6 .9 1 .9Ckg 6 68 0 36 28 52 13 SIL 7.6 20 .811Ckg 5 2 8 1 55 37 SICL 7 .7 21 .6MIDDLEMARCH SOIL (MI)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS Ice-contact stratified drift material consisting mainly of coarse (sandy) texturedmaterial over stratified coarse textured gravelly sand and sand materialDRAINAGEImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toOrganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % tune % CaCl2 %-Ap 6 22 6 73 17 17 10 FSL 2 .8 6 .8 1 .0Bm 7 52 4 73 15 19 8 FSL 1 .0 6.5 0.3Btgj 4 79 2 76 18 12 13 FSL 0 .4 7 .0 2.5IlCkgj 4 96 18 69 15 19 13 FSL 7 .6 22.7IIICkgj 2 3 84 41 14 3 LFS 7 .7 23 .1MUIRKIRK SOIL (MK)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS Coarse (sandy) textured eolian or lacustrine material over stratified coarse texturedgravelly sand and sand lacustrine beach materialDRAINAGEPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toOrganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % turn % CaCl 2 %Ap 1 25 13 60 14 25 15 FSL 10.0 6.8IIBg 1 51 21 80 5 14 5 GLCS 2.2 6.9IICkg 4 42 82 6 14 5 GLCS 7 .4 18 .2
MURIEL SOIL (MU)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGEFine to very fine (clayey) textured glacial till materialModerately wellMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth t oOrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 7 20 2 18 8 48 34 SICL 2 .0 7 .2 2.8Bt 1 30 7 14 9 35 52 C 1 .8 7 .0 0.2Ck 7 1 11 4 50 39 SICL 7 .6 15 .4MURIEL SOIL - LOAMY PHASE (MU.L)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE15 to 40 cm of medium (loamy) textured material over fine to very fine (clayey)textured glacial till materialModerately wellMEAN HORIZON VALUES_DepthtoOrganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % tune % CaC12 %Ap 5 15 4 34 11 45 21 L 2 .3 7 .1 0.4Hat 4 34 1 15 5 43 42 SIC 0 .8 7 .3 4.3IICk 5 2 10 2 48 41 SIC 7 .6 15.5MURIEL SOIL - WASHED PHASE (MU.W)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE40 to 100 cm of medium (loamy) textured lacustrine modified glacial till material efine to very fine (clayey) textured glacial till materialModerately wellMEAN HORIZON VALUES-__Depthto -OrganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % tune % CaCl 2 %Ap 1 23 11 43 14 42 14 L 2 .3 M' 1 .4Bm 1 62 1 28 17 59 12 SIL 0 .8 7.3 0 .8Ckl 1 69 3 32 i l 56 12 SIL 0.4 7.5 16 .6Ck2 1 3 26 14 61 13 SIL 7.6 23 .7
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The Soils ofElgin CountyVolume 1Min
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe completion of t
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Southwold Soils (SO) . . . . . . .
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LIST OF FIGURES1 . Soil map index f
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5. More detailed information for a
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Table 1 .Climate data for Elgin Cou
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Figure 4.Generalized geologic map o
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Table 2.Correlation of major soils
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Figure 6.Schematic landscape cross-
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HOW THE SOILS WERE MAPPED AND CLASS
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of soil profiles and horizons which
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GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SOILSSo
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Table 3.Soils and land units mapped
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Figure 11 .Soil textural groups and
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phase (BN.T) soils were mapped in c
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underlying fine textured materials
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atings for selected special crops a
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Conservation tillage practices, par
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clay. The Ap horizons commonly have
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Gobles soils were frequently mapped
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Kelvin soils are susceptible to com
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Soil Moisture CharacteristicsMiddle
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soils which occur in the eastern po
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Bluish gray or gray gley colours ar
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Stanley till, Tavistock till phase
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to neutral in the Ap horizons, to m
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tillage practices, particularly no-
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Organic (OR)Organic land units usua
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eference and also Publication No .
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Procedure :1) Locate the symbols 'B
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Table 4.Agricultural alnd capabilit
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Soil Suitability ClassesDescription
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Procedure:1) Locate the symbols 'BV
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Table 6.Agricultural land suitabili
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Table 6 .Agricultural land suitabil
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Table 6 .Agricultural land suitabil
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Table 6. Agricultural land suitabil
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Table 7. Agricultural land suitabil
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Page 106 and 107: erosion losses will occur . Potenti
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Page 120 and 121: GLOSSARYAlluvium materialBlanketCal
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Page 132 and 133: CAMILLA SOIL (CM)GENERALIZED PROFIL
Page 134 and 135: GOBLES SOIL (GO)GENERALIZED PROFILE
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