Reference soil Germany 19: Albeluvisol

DE019

Albeluvisols occur mainly in the moist and cool temperate regions (dominantly regions with a cool continental climate), particularly in Eastern Europe and central USA/Canada.

Characteristics

Soils having an argic horizon (a subsurface horizon with distinct higher clay content than the overlying horizon) within 100 cm from the soil surface. The argic horizon has an irregular upper boundary resulting from "albeluvic tonguing".

Distribution of Albeluvisols (rough estimation supplied by soilgrids)

Reference soil DE019: Albeluvisols

Classification

WRB 1998

Albeluvisol

FAO-UNESCO-ISRIC 1988

FAO-UNESCO-ISRIC 1974

Gleyic Podzoluvisol

Local classification:	Haftnässepseudogley

Physical characteristics

Particle size distribution

Depth (cm)	Gravel % v/v	very coarse sand % w/w	coarse sand % w/w	medium sand % w/w	fine sand % w/w	very fine sand % w/w	Total sand % w/w	coarse silt % w/w	fine silt % w/w	Total silt % w/w	Clay % w/w
0-13	0	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.4	21.3	24.9	45.1	16.9	62	13.1
13-25	0	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.5	34.3	38.1	34.2	15.9	50.1	11.8
35-50	0	0.3	0.9	0.5	0.5	25.6	27.8	42.5	16.4	58.9	13.3
50-70	0	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.6	32.9	34.7	19.4	32.8	52.2	13.2
70-90	0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.6	35.9	37.4	36.5	14.7	51.2	11.4

Water retention characteristics

Depth (cm)	Bulk density kg/dm³	Spec. Surf. Area m²/g	COLE cm/cm	Water disp. clay %	Clay % w/w
10-15	1.517	-	-	-	-
0-13	-	-	-	0	13.1
25-35	1.429	-	-	-	-
13-25	-	-	-	1	11.8
35-50	-	-	-	3	13.3
40-45	1.634	-	-	-	-
55-65	1.637	-	-	-	-
50-70	-	-	-	3	13.2
75-85	1.676	-	-	-	-
70-90	-	-	-	2	11.4

Other physical data

Depth (cm)	Bulk density kg/dm³	pF 0 % v/v	pF 1.0 % v/v	pF 1.5 % v/v	pF 2.0 % v/v	pF 2.3 % v/v	pF 2.7 % v/v	pF 3.4 % v/v	pF 4.2 % v/v
10-15	1.517	42.1	41.8	41.2	39.8	38.2	35	18	16.5
25-35	1.429	42.4	41.9	41.4	39.3	37.1	33.4	19.2	15.3
40-45	1.634	39.4	38.5	37.6	36	33.4	28.1	21	13.7
55-65	1.637	40.5	38.9	37.8	36.1	33.4	27.3	17.5	16.9
75-85	1.676	39.1	38	37	35.3	33.4	29.4	18.1	14.2

Chemical data

Depth (cm)	pH H2O	pHKCl	EC 1: 2.5 dS/m	CaCO3 % w/w	C % w/w	N %	C / N	Exch. Acid cmol(c)/kg	Exch. Al cmol(c)/kg	Ca cmol(c)/kg	Mg cmol(c)/kg	K cmol(c)/kg	Na cmol(c)/kg	Sum Cations cmol(c)/kg
0-13	7.3	7.1	0.25	1.3	1.55	0.15	10	-	-	15.0	1.0	0.5	0.3	16.8
13-25	7.4	7.2	0.27	1.3	1.48	0.16	9	-	-	15.0	1.0	0.6	0.0	16.6
35-50	7.6	6.8	0.12	1.0	0.06	0.02	3	-	-	6.4	0.7	0.2	0.0	7.3
50-70	7.3	6.4	0.11	0.7	0.06	0.02	3	-	-	6.2	0.7	0.2	0.5	7.6
70-90	7.0	5.9	0.09	0.5	0	0.01	0	-	-	5.2	0.7	0.2	0.0	6.1

Depth (cm)	Base sat. %	CEC soil cmol(c)/kg	CEC clay cmol(c)/kg	CEC org cmol(c)/kg	ECEC cmol(c)/kg	Al sat. %	ESP %
0-13	140	12	92	5.4	-	-	-
13-25	138	12	102	5.2	-	-	-
35-50	111	6.6	50	0.2	-	-	-
50-70	95	8	61	0.2	-	-	-
70-90	84	7.3	64	0	-	-	-

Clay mineralogy

Depth (cm)	Chlorite	Feldspar	Gibbsite	Goethite	Halloysite	Hematite	Kaolinite	Mica / illite	Mixed-layer	Quartz	Smec	Vermiculite
0-13	very weak to weak	very weak	-	-	-	-	medium to strong	weak to medium	medium to strong	weak	medium to strong	weak
13-25	very weak to weak	very weak	-	-	-	-	medium to strong	weak to medium	medium to strong	weak	medium to strong	weak
35-50	very weak	very weak	-	-	-	-	medium to strong	weak to medium	weak to medium	weak	strong	weak
50-70	-	very weak	-	-	-	-	weak to medium	weak to medium	weak	weak	strong	weak
70-90	-	very weak	-	-	-	-	weak to medium	weak to medium	weak	weak	strong	weak

Kind 1 (parent material) ; Parker (eds), 1984	mixed lithology and composition
Mode of accumulation or deposition of parent material	eolian loess
Mode of accumulation or deposition of parent material (second entry)	glacial till
Texture of parent material (second entry)	loamy

Altitude	100m
Physiographic Unit	slope
Physiographic position of the site	middle slope
Regional landform; McDonald, R.C., Isbell, R.F. et all, 1984; Australian soil and land survey Field Handbook, Inkata Press, Melbourne.	plain
Slope	5%
Topography; Guidelines for soil description - Fourth edition (FAO, Rome, 2006)	undulating

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Reference soil Germany 19: Albeluvisol

Characteristics

Reference soil DE019: Albeluvisols

Classification