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Figure 16 : Field Site Key To Identify The Appropriate Soil TypeWhen Materials Are Contrasting . *Site Is a phase of aYESdefined soil which muststill be determined .STARTThe underlyingmateriel is not gravellysandy textured.,'q'-One materialoverlies acontrasUng materielwithin 100 cm ofthe surface.The upper materialIs 15-40 cm thickNIONO40-100 cm of loamytextured materialoverlies clayeytextured material .The underlyingmaterial is gravellysandy textured.--YES -YESFYESUpper materialcontains coarsefragments (>2 mm) .PHASE DESCRIPTIONSANDSYMBOLSL NO.C - Coarse phase: upper or surfacematerial is sandy textured..L - Loamy phase : upper or surfacematerial is loamy textured ..F - Fine phase : upper or surfacematerial is clayey textured ..P - Peaty phase: 15-40 cm of organicmaterial overlies mineral material .mineral material .Note : The symbols C, .L, F or .P areadded to the appropriate soilname symbol to denote thephase ; eg. MLI.C, BV .L, etc.NO40-100cm of sandytextured materialoverlies loamytextured material.NOYESYES~-YESContrasting material includesmaterial which has a significantdifference in gravel and stonecontent or has a soil texturewhich is different by two or moretextural classes .40-100 cm of sandytextured materialoverlies gravelly sandytextured material .YES 00Site occurs on nearlylevel or very gentlyundulatingtopography .LNO
Select applicable phasefrom the Phase DescriptionsTable and proceedto pointA in Figure 15.DRAINAGE CLASSESRapidyr1Well-Drained2Moderately Well-Drained 3Imperfectly DrainedPoorly DrainedaBURFORD (BU) 1OrBRISBANE (BI)MURIELWASHED3 GOBLES WASHEDOrPHASE (MU.W)PHASE (GO.W)KELVIN WASHEDPHASE (KE.W)17-Underlying materialcontains coarsefragments (>2 mm).BENNINGTON 2P- TILL PHASE (BN.T) or2BENNINGTON IBM -Or - "TAVISTOCKTILL PHASE (TAT)TAVISTOCK (TA)IorOrMAPL.EWOOD--~ TILL PHASE (MAT)MAPLEWOOD (MA)Underlying materialcontains coarsefragments (>2 mm).BOOKTON 2YES-TILL PHASE 030.7) -OrNC)--m-BOOKTON (BO) 2- Or BERRIENBERRIENTILL PHASE (BE.T)(BE)I-Oror-~WAUSEONTILL PHASE (WU.T)WAUSEON (WU)iz2WALSHER (WA)orVTTORIA (VQ SILVER HILL (SL)2CALEDON (CA) or CAMILLA (CM) AYR (AY)ii17Site occurs on gentlyto steeply slopingdune or knoll .YEStSHEDDEN (SH)~--- Or - ->- MIDDL EMARCH (MI)10 KINTYRE (Kn OrHIGHGATE (HI)OrMUIRIQRIC(MK)157
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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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erosion losses will occur . Potenti
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Page 120 and 121: GLOSSARYAlluvium materialBlanketCal
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Page 130 and 131: BURFORD SOIL (BU)GENERALIZED PROFIL
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Page 134 and 135: GOBLES SOIL (GO)GENERALIZED PROFILE
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Page 138 and 139: MAPLEWOOD SOIL - TILL PHASE (MA.T)G
Page 140 and 141: NORMANDALE SOIL (NO)GENERALIZED PRO
Page 142 and 143: STRATHBURN SOIL (ST)GENERALIZED PRO
Page 144 and 145: TOLEDO SOIL - COARSE PHASE (TO.C)GE
Page 146 and 147: WATTFORD SOIL (WF)GENERALIZED PROFI
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