The Soils of Elgin County - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

GOBLES SOIL (GO)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSFine to very fine (clayey) textured glacial till.DRAINAGEImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toOrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaC12 %Ap 41 20 1 20 7 45 35 CL 3.6 7.1 1.1Bmgj 12' 39 3 17 7 43 40 SIC 1 .4 7.1 1.1Btgj 30 44 1 13 4 41 47 SIC 1 .0 7.2 0.9Ckgj 56 2 10 2 45 44 SIC . 0.1 7.5 20 .5GOBLES SOIL - COARSE PHASE (GO.C)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE15 to 40 cm of coarse (sandy) textured material over fine to very fine (clayey)textured glacial tillImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toorganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples . Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaC12 %Ap 6 22 3 72 13 19 10 FSL 2.6 6.7 0.2Bmgj 2 30 1 76 29 17 8 FSL 0.8 6.5 0.2IIBtgj 5 45 1 27 11 35 38 CL 0.8 7.0 0.5IICkgj 5 1 10 2 48 41 SIC 7 .5 11 .5GOBLES SOIL - LOAMY PHASE (GO.L)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS15 to 40 cm of medium (loamy) textured material over fine to very fine (clayey)textured glacial till materialDRAINAGE Imperfect ,MEAN HORIZON VALUESe toNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay TextoreHorizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % %OrganicMatter%pH inCaC12Ap 38 23 1 32 14 48 20 L 3.1 6.9 0.7Bmgj 5 34 2 46 19 38 16 L 1 .1 6.8 0.3IIBtgj 31 46 1 19 8 44 36 SICL 0.8 7.1 0.7IICkgj 37 3 16 5 48 35 SICL 0.1 7.6 19.4CaCO3%