Detailed Soil Survey of the Mount Revelstoke Summit Area.

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Location : S-7Parent Material :glacial tillLandform :moraine covered mountain slopeSlope : 35%Aspect :eastElevation : 5,800 ft . ASL (1,770 m)Drainage Class :moderately well to well drained<strong>Soil</strong> Classification :Orthic RegosolAh 0 to 40 cm ; very dark grayish brown (10 YR 3/2 m) sandy loam ;moderate, fine granular ; friable ; abundant, fine and medium,random roots ; many, fine pores ; 5% coarse fragments ; clear,wavy boundary ; 36 to 45 cm thick .C 40+ cm ; yellowish brown (10 YR 5/6 m) sandy loam ; amorphous(somewhat angular) ; friable (firm in place) ; few, fine,vertical roots ; many fine and medium pores ; 15 to 20% graveland cobble-sized coarse fragments .
91ANALYTICAL DATA 7HorizonDepthcmCaC12pHN(I)Org .CMC/N NH4Ac Ext . Cations (me/100g)Na K Ca Mg T .E .C .Ah 0-40 4 .2 0 .32 4 .39 13 .7 f 0 .03 0 .11 0 .39 0 .13 23 .1C 40+ 4 .4 - - - 0 .04 0 .02 0 .31 0 .00 8 .4Horizon-Pyrophosphate MFe Al Fe+A1Text .Class>2mm(/°)SandMSiltMClayM -BulkDens .g/cm3Ah - - - SL 5 54 34 12 -C - - - SL 15 70 28 2 -
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DETAILED SOIL SURVEYOF THEMOUNT REV
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PageSOIL PRODUCTIVITY 53BIBLIOGRAPH
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LIST OF PLATESPagePLATE 1 . Humo-Fe
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INTRODUCTIONIn recent years Parks C
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THE STUDY AREAGeographic LocationTh
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calcareous rocks in the study area
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Mount Copeland (6,060 feet ASL) .At
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METHODS OF INVESTIGATIONField Techn
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116 . Pyrophosphate-Extractable Alu
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13FIGURE 2 .DIAGRAM OF A SOIL PROFI
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15Soils of the Summit AreaThe soils
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MISCELLANEOUS MAPPING UNITSRBedrock
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AhBhf20 cm-Plate l .The Humo-Ferric
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21extremely sloping land surfaces o
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Soil Map Unit 3(Orthic and Cumulic
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25These soils have severe limitatio
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27Horizon Depth (cm) Color Texture
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295-a20 cm-5 -bPlate 5 .The hummock
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31stands are made up of Abies lasio
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6-aAeBfR20 cm-6 -bPlate 6 .The Lith
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37INTERPRETATIONSSoil Properties an
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39TABLE 4,GUIDES FOR ASSESSING SOIL
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Page 48 and 49: 43TABLE 8 .GUIDES FOR ASSESSING SOI
Page 50 and 51: 45especially where bedrock is close
Page 52 and 53: TABLE 10 . DEGREE AND NATURE OF SOI
Page 54 and 55: 49The soils of map units 1, 8 and 9
Page 56 and 57: 51compounds thus inhibiting percola
Page 58 and 59: 53PRODUCTIVITYProductivity ratings
Page 60 and 61: S4 XTABLE 11 . DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL
Page 62 and 63: 57BIBLIOGRAPHYAlberta Department of
Page 64 and 65: 59Terzaghi, K . and R .B . Peck . 1
Page 66 and 67: 61ecosystem .While the activities i
Page 68 and 69: TABLE A. CLASSES OF FRAGILITY FOR P
Page 70 and 71: TABLE B. CLASSES OF FRAGILITY FOR S
Page 72 and 73: 67than to channel use to a rarer ty
Page 74 and 75: 69approximately 10 cm thickness and
Page 76 and 77: 71ANALYTICAL DATA 1HorizonDepthcmCa
Page 78 and 79: 73several species of common occurre
Page 80 and 81: 75Soil Map Unit 3The imperfectly to
Page 82 and 83: 77Soil Classification :Orthic Regos
Page 84 and 85: 79ANALYTICAL DATA 3BHorizonDepthcmC
Page 86 and 87: 81Elevation : 6,000 ft . ASL (1,830
Page 88 and 89: 82ANALYTICAL DATA 4HorizonDepthcmCa
Page 90 and 91: Aspect :southeastElevation : 6,200
Page 92 and 93: Soil Map Unit 6Hummocky microrelief
Page 94 and 95: ANALYTICAL DATA 6HorizonDepthcmCaC1
Page 98 and 99: Soil Map Unit 8These soils have med
Page 100 and 101: Elevation : 6,250 ft . ASL (1,910 m
Page 102 and 103: orizonPyrophosphate96ANALYTICAL DAT
Page 104 and 105: Slope : 5%Aspect :northElevation :
Page 106 and 107: Soil Map Unit 10Map Unit 10 soils h
Page 108 and 109: Vegetation : Abies lasiocarpa (shru
Page 110 and 111: 104ANALYTTCAL DATAlOBHorizonDepthcm
Page 112 and 113: A further separation of sands is ma
Page 114 and 115: (D1) Rapidly drained - soil moistur
Page 116 and 117: 110TABLE 13 . UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFI
Page 118 and 119: GLOSSARYThis is included to define
Page 120 and 121: illuviation -the process of deposit
Page 122 and 123: pH - a notation used to designate t
Page 124: LATIN AND COMMON NAMES OF PLANTS ME
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