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Table 2.Correlation of major soils and land units with physiography and surficial geology inElgin County (continued)Soil Typeor Land UnitNatural DrainagePhysiography andUsual TopographySurficial GeologyIce-contact DepositsShedden (SH)Middlemarch (MI)RapidImperfectStagnant ice moraineridges within St . ThomasMoraine; ridges usuallyaligned roughly north tosouth; gently to stronglysloping topographyIce-contact stratifieddrift; mostly stratifiedgravels and sands withsome silt and clay till ;surface may be eolianmodifiedOrganic DepositsOrganicland unit (OR)Very poorVery poorly draineddepressional wetlandareas; may include smallbodies of standing water;nearly level topographyOrganic deposits, oftenundifferentiated onsurficial geology mapsUndifferentiated DepositsAlluvium .land unit (AL)Imperfect to poorFlood plains of creeksand Thames River;nearly level topographyRecent or modernalluviumErodedChannelland unit (ER)Rapid to poor"V" shaped channels withsteeply sloping sides andno significant bottomlandUndifferentiated onsurficial geology mapsScarpland unit (SC)Rapid to imperfectSteep to very steep cliffsor bluffs found mainly alongLake Erie shoreline andThames RiverUndifferentiated onsurficial geology mapsValley Complexland unit (VC)Rapid to poor"U" shaped channels withmoderately to steeplysloping side walls andnearly level to verygently sloping floodplains ; includes riverand creek coursesModem or olderalluvium
Figure 6.Schematic landscape cross-section showing the relationship of some soils that oftenoccur near major river valleys .Tuscola andColwood soilsS i:1'a?L,Kf~Sandy texturedf depositsLoamylaarstrine tee depositsGravely sand texturedfkrvial depositsClayey texturedPort Stanley Till® Clayey texturedlacustrine depositsFigure 7.Schematic landscape cross-section showing the relationship of some soils that oftenoccur in transition areas between glacial till and lacustrine geologic materialsVittoria andSilver Hill soilsâY?1::.i:,a,i".Sandy textured eolianor lacustrine depositsGravelly sand textured Loa texturedlacustrine depositsl aarstrtne depositsClayey textured ® Clayey textured .Port Stanley TillIacusinne 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 and 14: Figure 4.Generalized geologic map o
Page 15: Table 2.Correlation of major soils
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
Page 41 and 42: Kelvin soils are susceptible to com
Page 43 and 44: Soil Moisture CharacteristicsMiddle
Page 46 and 47: soils which occur in the eastern po
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Procedure:1) Locate the symbols 'BV
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Table 6.Agricultural land suitabili
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erosion losses will occur . Potenti
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the average annual soil loss using
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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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A iFigure 15 :Field Site Key To Ide
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Figure 16 : Field Site Key To Ident
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