Orders Of Soil In Canada

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Brunisol

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young soil with a B Horizon beinging to develop. (disturbed soil)

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Chernozen (black earth)

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upward translocation brings nutrients up to the rooting zone. (most nutirent but dry) semi-arid cold climate

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Cyrosol

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ice is frozen in the soil. frozen with in 1-2 metres

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Gleysol

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water logged blue grey colour or mottles [marks or spots]. lacks oxygen, patches of different colours.

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Luvisol

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clay accumulation in B horizon (old lake beds clay rich, nutritent binding)

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Organic

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>40-60cm of organic matter accumulated in cold wet envrionment. It doesn't break down the organic matter quickly.

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Podzol

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sandy, bleached A horizon clay rich, brick red B.

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Regosol

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A horizon, very young soil with no B horizon developed. [broken barely developed]

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Solonetz

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sodium salt accumulation in B-Horizon (summer evapoation)

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L subhorizon [organic horizons]

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litter subhorizon of recognizable leaves and twigs

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F subhorizon [organic horizons]

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fermented subhorizon of partly decomposed organic matter [breaks down can see reminants of organic matter such as a stick]

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H subhorizon [organic horizons]

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Hummus subhorizon of totally decompsed organic material

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A [master horizons]

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formed at near thr surface and influences eluviation [exported material] and or accumulation of organic matter

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B [master horizons]

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immediate below A and often characterized by illuviation [import of material above]

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C [master horizons]

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lowestmineral horizon relatively unaffected by surface soil-forming processes

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R [master horizons]

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[weatered bedrock parent material] layer of loose, uncompacted dirt, dust and rocks sitting on top of bedrock.

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ca (horizon description, mineral present)

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lime accumulation of at least 10 cm thickness that eceeds in concentration that the enriched parent rock material by at least 5%

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e (horizon description, mineral present)

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used with A mineral horizons (Ae) to denote eluviation of clay Fe(iron) Al (ALUMINIUM) or organic matter, water logging can occur

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g (horizon description, mineral present)

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grey blue colours, prominent mottling ot both produced by intense chemical reduction. various application to A B C horizons

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h (horizon description, mineral present)

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enriched with organic matter: accumulation in place or biological mixing (Ab) or subsirface enrichment through illuviation (Bb)

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n (horizon description, mineral present)

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accumulation of exchangeable calcium (Ca) in ratio to exchangeable sodium (Na) that is 10 or Less, with the following characteristics: primatic or columnar structure,dark coatings on ped surfaces, hard consistence when dry Used wit B horizon alone.

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t (horizon description, mineral present)

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illuviation enrichments of the B horizon with silicate clay that must axceed in overly Ae horizon by 3% to 20% depending on the clay content og th Ae horizon.

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Sands

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few nutrient binding sites are available = low fertility doesnt have a lot of surface area, lots of drainage but not many binding agents

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Clay

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clay and hummus rich soils have hugh levels of nutirent binding sites but little pore space for drainage-easily water logged

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Loam

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most fetile soils, realitively even amount of san silt clay particles. provides adequate drainage un combination with high number of binding sites for plant nutrients.