Reference soil Finland 03: Cambisol

FI003

Distribution of Cambisols (rough estimation supplied by soilgrids)

WRB 2006:

WRB 1998:

Endogleyic Cambisol(Eutric Siltic Clayic)

Silti- Gleyic Cambisol

FAO-UNESCO-ISRIC 1988:

FAO-UNESCO 1974:

Silti-

Gleyic Cambisol

Other classification

Classification (other)

Cultivated soil

Location:

Ikaalinen, about 50km NW of Tampere

Physical

Particle size distribution:

Depth (cm)		Gravel (%)	Very Coarse Sand (%)	Coarse Sand (%)	Medium Sand (%)	Fine Sand (%)	Very Fine Sand (%)	Total Sand (%)	Coarse Silt (%)	Fine Silt (%)	Total Silt (%)	Clay (%)
0-15	:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.6	32.6	49.2	12.4
15-32	:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25.9	33.3	59.2	15.2
32-50	:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.4	32.9	44.3	44.7
50-70	:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.7	42.4	-	36.8
50-70	:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other physical data

Depth (cm)		Bulk Density (kg/dm³)	Spec. Surf. Area (m2/g)	COLE (cm/cm)	Water Disp. Clay (%)	Clay (%)
0-15	:	-	-	-	-	12.4
15-32	:	-	-	-	-	15.2
32-50	:	-	-	-	-	44.7
50-70	:	-	-	-	-	36.8
50-70	:	-	-	-	-	-

Chemical characteristics:

Depth (cm)		pH H2O	pH KCl	EC 1 : 2.5 (mS/cm)	CaCO3 (%)	Org. C (%)	Org. N (%)	C / N	Exch. Acid (cmol/kg)	Exch. Al (cmol/kg)	Ca (cmol/kg)	Mg (cmol/kg)	K (cmol/kg)	Na (cmol/kg)	Sum Cations (cmol/kg)
0-15	:	5.4	4.3	0.08	-	1.07	-	-	-	-	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.0	-
15-32	:	5.9	4.2	0.04	-	0.16	-	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	-
32-50	:	6.3	4.1	0.05	-	0.18	-	-	-	-	7.0	14.8	0.1	0.1	-
50-70	:	6.6	4.2	0.05	-	0.16	-	-	-	-	6.9	14.4	0.1	0.1	-
50-70	:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Depth (cm)		CEC Soil (cmol/kg)	CEC Clay (cmol/kg)	CEC Org (cmol/kg)	ECEC (cmol/kg)	Base sat. (%)	Al sat. (%)	ESP (%)
0-15	:	-	-	3.7	-	-	-	0
15-32	:	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	0
32-50	:	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	1
50-70	:	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	1
50-70	:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Profile description:

Ap 0-15 cm	:	dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2, dry), loam, moderate medium crumb and very weak fine and medium angular blocky, friable, abrupt smooth boundary to,
Bw1 15-32 cm	:	greyish brown (2.5Y 5/2, dry), silt, very weak platy, very hard, many fine prominent clear mottles (7.5YR 4/6), clear smooth boundary to,
Bw2 32-50 cm	:	(2.5Y 3/3, dry), silty clay, moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, many fine distinct clear mottles (7.5YR 4/6), clear smooth boundary to,
C 50-70 cm	:	clay, massive

The main parent rock/ material over which the soil has been formed (1st entry)	mixed lithology and composition
Mode of Accumulation or deposition of parent material (1st entry)	lacustrine sediments
Texture of parent material (1st entry)	loamy
Weathering status of solid rock (1st entry)	slightly
Resistance against weathering (solid rock) (1st entry)	moderate
Remarks on Parent Materials	warved postglacial clay

Current land use at the site	arable farming
Major crops	wheat

The altitude of the soil profile relative to mean sea level, specified in meters	100 m asl
Regional landform	lacustrine plain
Topography of the surrounding country	flat or almost flat

Runoff	slow
Estimated permeablity (class) of least permeable part of the profile	slow
Drainage Class	imperfect

Evidence of salt	non-saline
Evidence of alkali	non-alkaline

Soil erosion type (1st entry)
Occurrence of soil aggradation
Slope Stability

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