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Soils and Soil Science
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Soil
Definition –A naturally occurring body of variably thick horizons of mineral and/or organic material that differs from the parent material in physical, biological and morphological properties.
(the way it is made)
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The 5 Soil Forming Factors
Climate – the amount of rain and other biological factors
Parent Material – the type of rock the soil is made of
Organics – vegetation and animals (both decaying and root action)
Slope – amount of water runoff
Time – how long it has been there (age)
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Soil Color Soil color can tell
you much about how a soil was created and what it is made from. (ex. darker – organic)
The color of a soil is determined by using a Munsell Color Chart.
Munsell colors consist of a hue, value and chroma.
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Soil Color
Hue
–The relation of the color to red, yellow, green, blue or purple.
– Located in the upper right hand corner of the Munsell Chart.
–R = Red, Y = yellow and YR = yellow red (orange)
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Soil Color
Value
–The lightness or darkness of the color.
– Located along the left edge of the Munsell Chart.
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Soil Color
Chroma
–Rates the strength or depth of color.
– Located along the bottom of the Munsell Color Chart.
–Names are written hue, value, chroma
Ex. 5YR5/6
HUE VALUE CHROMA
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Weathering versus Erosion
Weathering
–The breaking down of a rock over time
Types
–Mechanical
Frost Action
Shrink / Swell
Root Action
- Chemical
- Acid Rain
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Weathering versus Erosion
Erosion
–The breaking down and transport of a rock
Caused by:
–Wind
–Water
–Ice (glaciers)
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Parent Materials
Residual Parent Materials
–Parent material made from the remains of a rock that was weathered
– in Situ
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Parent Materials
Transported Parent Material
Glacial
- parent material moved by a glacier or glacial outwash
Fluvial
- parent material moved by a stream (flood)
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Glacial
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Fluvial
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Parent Materials
Transported Parent Material
Colluvium
- parent material that has been moved by gravity (mountains)
Eolian
- parent material moved by wind
- generally found in deserts
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Colluvium
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Eolian
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Particle or Grain Size
Coarse Fraction
Soil Seperates
Boulders > 600 mm
Stones 250-600 mm
Cobbles 75-200 mm
Gravels 2-75 mm
Sand 2-.05 mm
Silt .05-.02 mm
Clay < .02 mm
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Master Horizons OHZ – made of organic material in various
states of decomposition
AHZ – accumulation of decomposed organic material (topsoil – very dark)
EHZ – made as silt and clay are eroded from the soil by water (sandy layer)
BHZ – made of silt and clay from the E horizon
CHZ – weathered rock
RHZ - bedrock
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