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Tab_ le 2. Correlation of major soils andElgin Countyland units with physiography and surficial geology inSoil Typeor Land UnitNatural DrainagePhysiography andUsual TopographySurficial GeologyGlacial TillMuriel (MU) Moderately well Till moraines and till Silty clay to clay tillGobles (GO) Imperfect plains ; nearly level to on end and groundKelvin (KE) Poor very strongly sloping moraines (Port StanleytopographyTill)Bennington till Moderately well Till moraines and till 40 to 100 cm of loamyphase (BNJ) plains; nearly level to lacustrine depositsTavistock till Imperfect gently sloping overlying clayeyphase (TA.T) topography glacial till (Port StanleyMaplewood till Poor Till)phase (MA.T)Bookton till Well Sand plains, deltas, and 40 to 100 cm of sandyphase 030.7) till plains, nearly level lacustrine, fluvial,Berrien till Imperfect to gently sloping or eolian depositsphase (BE.T) topography overlying clayey glacialWpPoor till (Port Stanley Till)Lacustrine Gravels or Gravelly SandsKin" (KT) Rapid Beaches and shorecliffs; Gravelly beach andHighgate (HI) Imperfect nearly level to gently nearshore deposits, andMuirkirk (MK) Poor sloping topography well to poorly developedraised shorelinesLacustrine SandsFox (FX) Rapid Sand plains, spillways, Sandy lacustrine,Brady (BY) Imperfect deltas; nearly level to fluvial, outwash,Granby (GY) Poor gently sloping topographyFrome (FR)Very poorand deltaic depositsWattford (WF) Well Clay and sand plains ; Lacustrine deposits,Normandale (NO) Imperfect nearly level to very fine and very fine sandsSt. Williams (SW) Poor gently sloping topography predominate; surfaceChurchville (CH) Very poor may be eolian-modifiedLacustrine SiltsBrant (BT) Well Clay plains ; nearly level Lacustrine deposits,Tuscola (T[J) Imperfect to,gently sloping silt and very fineColwood (CW) Poor topography sand predominateWalsher (WA) Well Sand and clay plains, 40 to 100 cm of sandyVittoria (VI) Imperfect deltas; nearly level to lacustrine depositsSilver Hill (SL) Poor very gently sloping overlying loamytopographylacustrine deposits
Table 2.Correlation of major soils andElgin County (continued)land units with physiography and surficial geology inSoil Typeor Land UnitNaturàl DrainagePhysiography andUsual TopographySurficial GeologyLacustrine Silty ClaysBrantford (BF) Moderately well Clay plains; nearly Lacustrine deposits,Beverly (BV) Imperfect level to gently sloping clay and siltToledo (TO) Poor topography, occasionally predominateSouthwold (SO) Very poor dissected with stronglysloping topographyBennington (BN) Moderately well Clay plains; nearly level 40 to 100 cm of loamyTavistock (TA) Imperfect to gently sloping lacustrine depositsMaplewood (MA) Poor topography overlying clayeylacustrine depositsBookton (BO) Well Sand plains, deltas, and 40 to 100 cm of sandyBerrien (BE) Imperfect clay plains ; nearly level lacustrine, fluvial,Wauseon (WU) Poor to gently sloping or eolian depositstopographyoverlying clayeylacustrine depositsMelbourne (ME) Moderately well Clay plains ; nearly level Lacustrine heavy clayEkfrid (EK) Imperfect to gently sloping depositsStrathburn (ST) Poor topographyFluvial DepositsBurford (BU) Rapid Spillways, deltas, older Gravelly fluvial outwashBrisbane (BI) Imperfect (higher) terraces along depositsThames River, creeks andtheir major drainagechannels; nearly level tovery gently slopingtopographyCaledon (CA) Well Spillways, deltas, older 40 to 100 cm of sandyCamilla (CM) Imperfect (higher) terraces along deposits over gravellyAyr (AY) Poor Thames River, creeks and fluvial outwashdepositstheir major tributaries; and occasionallynearly level to verygravelly ice-contactgently sloping topography stratified driftEolian DepositsPlainfield (PF) Rapid Sand plains, duned sand Eolian-modifiedWalsingham (WA) Imperfect plains; nearly level to lacustrine sand depositsWaterin (WN) Poor gently sloping topography and eolian duned sandSpringwater (SP) Very poor deposits
Page 1 and 2: The Soils ofElgin CountyVolume 1Min
Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe completion of t
Page 5 and 6: Southwold Soils (SO) . . . . . . .
Page 7 and 8: LIST OF FIGURES1 . Soil map index f
Page 9 and 10: 5. More detailed information for a
Page 11 and 12: Table 1 .Climate data for Elgin Cou
Page 13: Figure 4.Generalized geologic map o
Page 17 and 18: Figure 6.Schematic landscape cross-
Page 19 and 20: HOW THE SOILS WERE MAPPED AND CLASS
Page 21 and 22: of soil profiles and horizons which
Page 23 and 24: GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SOILSSo
Page 25 and 26: Table 3.Soils and land units mapped
Page 27 and 28: Figure 11 .Soil textural groups and
Page 29 and 30: phase (BN.T) soils were mapped in c
Page 31 and 32: underlying fine textured materials
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Page 37 and 38: clay. The Ap horizons commonly have
Page 39 and 40: Gobles soils were frequently mapped
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Page 43 and 44: Soil Moisture CharacteristicsMiddle
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Soil Suitability ClassesDescription
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erosion losses will occur . Potenti
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Table 9 . Mean K values, K ranges a
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Table 10.LS values for different co
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Table 13.C values for common field
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Table 14 . C values for some field
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Table 16.C values for some common c
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GLOSSARYAlluvium materialBlanketCal
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ProminentmottlesRaised shorelineSoi
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4. Schut, L.W. and W.G. Stevens . 1
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APPENDIX 1Generalized Soil Informat
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BERRIEN SOIL TILL PHASE (BE.T)GENER
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BURFORD SOIL (BU)GENERALIZED PROFIL
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CAMILLA SOIL (CM)GENERALIZED PROFIL
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GOBLES SOIL (GO)GENERALIZED PROFILE
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KELVIN SOIL (KE)GENERALIZED PROFILE
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MAPLEWOOD SOIL - TILL PHASE (MA.T)G
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NORMANDALE SOIL (NO)GENERALIZED PRO
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STRATHBURN SOIL (ST)GENERALIZED PRO
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TOLEDO SOIL - COARSE PHASE (TO.C)GE
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WATTFORD SOIL (WF)GENERALIZED PROFI
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APPENDIX 2Field Identification of S
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5. Proceed to Figure 13 and determi
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Figure 13 : Field Site Key To Ident
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Figure 14 :Field Site Key To Identi
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Figure 16 : Field Site Key To Ident
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