The Soils of The Regional Municipality of Ottawa=Carleton

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QUATERNARY ORDOVICIAN .. rr .. rr Queenston Formation : red shale py8dlu II~r ~ Ilm : IILiIVIu~~dll Q PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT Recent alluvium and glacial deposits - bedrock unknown Carlsbad Formation : grey shale, sandy shale, some dolomite layers Billings Formation : black shale ; minor brown shale Eastview Formation : dark grey limestone with shale bands Ottawa Formation : mainly limestone, some dolomite, shale and sandstone in basal part St . Martin Formation: limestone, minor shale and dolomite ® March Formation: interbedded sandstone and dolomite ORDOVICIAN OR CAMBRIAN 111111111111 Nepean Formation: sandstone PRECAMBRIAN 're Fault line Figure 5 . Bedrock geology ofthe Ottawa-Carleton Region . Oxford Formation : dolomite and limestone `purrrrurr~- ~rrur, `rrurrrrrrrrirrrrr ; lvuuounuurr, Iurrrrrurrrrrrr ,No: OF, ~nuur-~sa mi 0uur%!SU!-1 Rockcliffe Formation : grey-green shale with lenses of grey sandstone PC Grenville Formation : crystalline limestone, quartzites, and metamorphic rocks; associated granites and granite-gneiss After Wilson, A .E . 1964 . Geology of the Ottawa-St . Lawrence Lowland . Geological Survey of Canada . Memoir 241 .
Till plains (undrumlinized) _ Eskers Till plains (drumlinized) Limestone plains Sand plains Clay plains ONE Shallow till and rock ridges Peat and muck 000 Drumlins Beaches After Chapman, L .J ., and D .F. Putnam 1972, Map 2227, Physiography of the Eastern Portion of Southern Ontario . Figure 6 . Physiography ofthe Ottawa-Carleton Region .
Page 1 and 2: i The Soils of The III Regional Mun
Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . .
Page 5 and 6: 1 . Soil map index for the Regional
Page 7 and 8: 0 t W. CARLETO 10 L 20 km KANATA GO
Page 9 and 10: Otta!~? Figure 3. Main towns, trans
Page 11 and 12: Arnprior Chats Falls Almonte " Carp
Page 13: may also contain shaly layers . Out
Page 17 and 18: Surficial Geology and Relationship
Page 19 and 20: HUN nnnnoioion miammoo nonmmnon nou
Page 21 and 22: GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS SOIL ASSOCIATI
Page 23 and 24: GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS SOIL ASSOCIATI
Page 25 and 26: In this survey, boundaries were per
Page 27 and 28: BASIC LAND AREAS SOIL ASSOCIATION -
Page 29 and 30: their agricultural use . The domina
Page 31 and 32: OTTAWA- CARLETON SOILS t TYPE DEPTH
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Page 35 and 36: cant component, approximately 600 h
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Page 39 and 40: Taxonomic Components The well-drain
Page 41 and 42: Taxonomic Components Four component
Page 43 and 44: Correlation to Ottawa Urban Fringe
Page 45 and 46: The well-drained Orthic Melanic Bru
Page 47 and 48: ial which extends in a northwest-so
Page 51 and 52: all Leitrim soils classified as suc
Page 53 and 54: The imperfectly drained St . Damase
Page 55 and 56: Recognized Recognized Subgroups Ser
Page 57 and 58: Soil Materials North Gower soils co
Page 59 and 60: Figure 17 . A poorly drained Orthic
Page 61 and 62: Figure 25 . Manotick association so
Page 63 and 64: Soil Landscape Units Four units wer
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Recognized Recognized Subgroups Ser
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sloping areas, groundwater flow, an
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from clay to silty clay loam . In s
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Recognized Recognized Subgroups Ser
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scapes occurring inclose proximity
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Within Rockland units, significant
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A . AGRICULTURAL CAPABILITY CLASSIF
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Table 7 . (cont'd) R' : T' : V' : W
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adequate moisture or a wetness limi
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In order to apply the tables, one m
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(e) The Capability Rating Tables Ta
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00 Table 9. (continued) Slope Class
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Table 9 . (continued) AGRICULTURAL
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Table 9 . (continued) AGRICULTURAL
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Soil Landscape Unit Table 10 . Agri
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The water erosion formula, A= RKLSC
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soil Association Table 13 . K-value
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graphic regions . Therefore, the C
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Table 17 . continued Crop Rotation
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SOIL SOIL MATERIAL DESCRIPTION MAIN
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C . LAND SUITABILITY CLASSIFICATION
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Table 19 . Land suitability ratings
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Table 19 . continued Soil associati
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1 . Marshall, I.B., J. Dumanski, E.
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Class Description Sl Slightly stony
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Soil Association GRENVILLE Series a
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Soil Association Series and (Subgro
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