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Table6. Correlation between physiographic regions', surficial materials2, and soil associationsand land types (cont'd) Physiographic Regions NorthGower drumlin field, Smiths Falls limestone plain Ottawa Valley clay plain North Gower drumlin field North Gower drumlin field Smiths Falls limestone plain Ottawa Valley clay plain Soil Associations, Land Types, or Miscellaneous Surficial Materials Land Units Sub-littoral Facies : uni- Jockvale form, fine buff sand Uplands deposited in shallow Manotick water asnearshore Castor facies; commonly Reevecraig reworked into dunes ; Osgoode commonly fossiliferous Mille Isle Ironside Deep-water Facies : Rideau blue-grey clay, silt, and Bearbrook silty clay ; calcareous Dalhousie and fossiliferous at North Gower depth ; commonly Chateauguay reworked, non- Castor calcareous and non- Landslide fossiliferous at surface (2m depth or less) Pre-Champlain Sea Deposits Fluvioglacial Deposits : Kars gravel and sand, stratified, some till ; in the form ofeskersand various ice contact deposits ; surface reworked into beaches in locations below the Champlain Sea Emit . Glacial Deposits: till ; Grenville heterogeneous mixture Leitrim ranging from clayto Ironside large boulders, generally Chateauguay sandy, grades down- Queensway ward into unmodified till ; surface generally modified by wave or river action; topography flat to hummocky Bedrock _R : limestone, dolomite, Farmington locally shale, sandstone Nepean (Paleozoic); mainly bare, tabular outcrops ; includesareas thinly veneered byunconsolidated sediments upto 2mthick R : intrusive andmeta- Anstruther morphic rocks (Precambrian) ; mainlybare, hummocky, rolling or hilly rock knobupland; includes areas thinly veneered by unconsolidated sediments up to 2 m thick 'FromPhysiographyofSouthernOntario, ThirdEdition, byL.J. ChapmanandD.F. Putnam, Ontario GeologicalSurvey. FFromMap 1425A, Surficial Materialsand TerrainFeatures, by S.H. Richard,N.R. Gadd, andJ.S . Vincent, GeologicalSurvey of Canada .
HUN nnnnoioion miammoo nonmmnon nouummooi nrr Nam NONE Intrusive and metamorphic precambrian bedrock ; occurs either at or near the surface Paleozoic bedrock either at or near the surface ; limestone, dolomite, locally shale or sandstone; usually significant areas of marine beach and organic deposits are included Glacial till deposits ; minor areas of Paleozoic bedrock at or near the surface may also occur Fluvioglacial deposits ; cobbly sand and gravel Marine clay deposits; includes eroded marine clays associated with old river channels Marine clay deposits, with significant areas of glacial till deposits in the form of drumlins and till plains . Marine clay deposits, with significant areas of Precambrian bedrock outcrops Marine sand deposits; minor areas of glacial till deposits may also occur Marine beach deposits ; cobbly or flaggy sand and gravel Fluvial or estuarine sand deposits Combination of Paleozoic bedrock outcrops, glacial tilt, and marine clay deposits Combination of eroded marine clay deposits and fluvial or estuarine sand deposits Organic deposits Figure 8. Generalized surficial materials of the Ottawa-Carleton Region . Generalized from Richard, S.H ., N.R . Gadd, and J.-S . Vincent, 1974, Surficial Materials and Terrain Features, Ottawa-Hull, Map 1425A, Geological Survey of Canada.
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 and 14: may also contain shaly layers . Out
Page 15 and 16: Till plains (undrumlinized) _ Esker
Page 17: Surficial Geology and Relationship
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
Page 33 and 34: B3 : Dominantlyvery Rego Gleysols p
Page 35 and 36: cant component, approximately 600 h
Page 37 and 38: In some soils, significant layers o
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
Page 65 and 66: Recognized Recognized Subgroups Ser
Page 67 and 68: 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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