SOIL SURVEY
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-40-CONVENTION FOR MAP UNIT SYMBOL SSoilscape map unit concepts are identified on the soils maps (in thepocket at the back of the report) using symbols such as the one below . The symbo lrecords a composite of all the information obtained during the course of the surveypertaining to the designated polygon .r ~M . Musoi Iscape map unit (always two upper case plus a numeral )DS 1 ~'~LGv :E.-topography [upper or lower case (CSSC 1974) ]landform (often only a numerator in the landform symbol) .Both numerator and denominator can have superscript an dsubscript .The first two letters of the numerator in the map symbol identify th esoilscape group name and the number identifies the soilscape map unit name withi nthe given soilscape group . The map unitdescriptions (Part III) provide more detaile dinformation characterizing the map units as identified in the numerator . The entireleft element in the deonminator identifies the landform associated with the ma pdelineation (Table 3) . The horizontal line indicates that a landform with shallo wmaterials overlays another landform and material without completely masking th eburied landform . The right element of the denominator identifies the dominan tslope within the map delineation . The map symbol above signifies that within thedelineation a non-stony, medium textured Brunisolic soil is developed on a glaciolacustrineveneer over an undulating morainal deposit on a 9 to 15% slope .In general the complex symbols such as Mb :H+ CGH were notnecessary because the units could be cartographically separated .In some cases it may have been possible to have avoided establishin ga new map unit concept by using a complex symbol . However when a complex symbo lis used the response of the so designated map unit to any proposed use may be differentthan that of either of the component map concepts . Thus, the complex symbo l
-41 -must be treated as an independent map unit for the purposes of interpreting it sresponse to use, and in this report most such cases have been treated as an independentmap concept and given a unique symbol .There are two notable exceptions to the foregoing . Areas withsignificant rock outcrops or snow avalanche tracks were designated with comple xsymbols as follows:1) Where rock covers greater than about 20% of the landscape but lessthan about 50% R follows the soil identifying symbol ,e .g .MGH + R ' ~2) Where rock covers greater than about 50% of the landscape but lessthan about 80% R preceeds the soil identifying symbol ,4 OG 1e .g . R +Mv :H3) Where snow avalanche tracks are narrow, isolated and cover less tha n25% of the landscape the symbol would be similar to ;OG1 0-Mv:H + A4) Where snow avalanche tracks are in broad bands, merging and/o rcover greater than 25% of the landscape the symbol would b esimilar to ;OG 1 AMv:H>L-
- Page 10 and 11: (Contents - cont . . . )TABLES (con
- Page 12 and 13: (Contents - cant . . . )TABLES (con
- Page 15 and 16: Gleysolic and Organic soils occur i
- Page 17 and 18: PREFAC EThe soil survey of Yoho Nat
- Page 19 and 20: How to use this repor tThis report
- Page 21 and 22: PARTIGENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ARE
- Page 23 and 24: -3-The Kicking Horse River and Kick
- Page 25 and 26: -5-serves hikers in the Lake O'Hara
- Page 27 and 28: -7-mainly in the Cataract Brook - L
- Page 29 and 30: figure 3 . A cirque; typical of man
- Page 31 and 32: -11-Glacial processes are not howev
- Page 33 and 34: -13-Figure 6 . Drainage systems of
- Page 35 and 36: -15-_.iure 7 . Gentle gradients in
- Page 37 and 38: -17-The effect of altitude on clima
- Page 39 and 40: GOLDE NPR ECIP nTAT IO NRAIN + SNO
- Page 41 and 42: Table 2 . Comparison .' of mean mon
- Page 43 and 44: -23-VEGETATIO NGeneral Vegetation P
- Page 45 and 46: -25-The interaction of these soil-f
- Page 47 and 48: -27-profile development is frequent
- Page 49 and 50: -29-PART I IMETHODOLOGYMAPPINGA goo
- Page 51 and 52: Figure 13 . Oblique photo showing t
- Page 53 and 54: Figure 15 . Oblique photo showing t
- Page 55 and 56: -35-~ ♦ YOHO NATIONAL PAR K[D]Ami
- Page 57 and 58: -37-Table 3 . An outline of the loc
- Page 59: -39-The topography of each mapping
- Page 63 and 64: -43-FIELD TEST S1 . Bulk Density; b
- Page 65 and 66: -45-are calcareous, stratified, med
- Page 67 and 68: -47-Organic Landform sNorco (NA) is
- Page 69 and 70: -51 -LEGENDParent material.colluviu
- Page 71 and 72: -53-Table 7 . Key criteria differen
- Page 73 and 74: -55-BC2 Map Unit (Orthic and Rego G
- Page 75 and 76: -57-Table 10 . Brief description of
- Page 77 and 78: ure 24 . This photo shows the huge
- Page 79 and 80: igure 26 . Site of the pedon chosen
- Page 81 and 82: -63-Figure 28 . Site of the pedon c
- Page 83 and 84: - 65-CLI.Figui 30 . Site of the ped
- Page 85 and 86: -67-Table 15 . Brief description of
- Page 87 and 88: L-69-r_ -, _ 1 4Figure 35 . Site of
- Page 89 and 90: Figure 37 . Site of the pedon chose
- Page 91 and 92: -73-Landform and Parent Material sT
- Page 93 and 94: -75-The silty surface texture, slow
- Page 95 and 96: -77-material and/or shallowness (of
- Page 97 and 98: Figure 44 . Site of the pedon chose
- Page 99 and 100: -81-HR1 Map Unit (Degraded Eutric B
- Page 101 and 102: -83-in the solum, but may exceed 50
- Page 103 and 104: -85-KI - Kicking Horse Soilscape Gr
- Page 105 and 106: -87-Silty surficial textures provid
- Page 107 and 108: -89-Wetness, texture, and potential
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-41 -must be treated as an independent map unit for the purposes of interpreting it sresponse to use, and in this report most such cases have been treated as an independentmap concept and given a unique symbol .There are two notable exceptions to the foregoing . Areas withsignificant rock outcrops or snow avalanche tracks were designated with comple xsymbols as follows:1) Where rock covers greater than about 20% of the landscape but lessthan about 50% R follows the soil identifying symbol ,e .g .MGH + R ' ~2) Where rock covers greater than about 50% of the landscape but lessthan about 80% R preceeds the soil identifying symbol ,4 OG 1e .g . R +Mv :H3) Where snow avalanche tracks are narrow, isolated and cover less tha n25% of the landscape the symbol would be similar to ;OG1 0-Mv:H + A4) Where snow avalanche tracks are in broad bands, merging and/o rcover greater than 25% of the landscape the symbol would b esimilar to ;OG 1 AMv:H>L-
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