Reference soil Greece 04: Chromic Luvisol

GR004

Distribution of Luvisols (rough estimation supplied by soilgrids)

Reference soil GR004: Chromic Luvisols

LOCATION: The lat/lon coordinates are unknown. For the time being they are taken from GR012 (also in 'Kastania'). The profile is located in a quarry of marble. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON PROFILE DESCRIPTION: Bt - cutans: ferri-argillans.

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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
0-3	17	3.9	2.4	4.3	7.1	44	61.7	9.1	13.4	22.5	15.8
3-9	9	4	3.3	6.7	12.4	8.2	34.6	19.4	14.4	33.8	31.6
9-31	5	4.7	3	6.5	13.6	9.1	36.9	12.4	19	31.4	31.7
31-53	4	3.9	2.7	5.4	10.4	6.5	28.9	10.7	14.9	25.6	45.5

Water retention characteristics

Depth (cm)	Bulk density kg/dm³	Spec. Surf. Area m²/g	COLE cm/cm	Water disp. clay %	Clay % w/w
0-3	-	-	-	-	15.8
3-9	-	-	-	-	31.6
9-31	-	-	-	-	31.7
31-53	-	-	-	-	45.5

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
0-3	7.2	6.6	-	-	19.27	1.20	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3-9	7.0	6.2	-	-	7.07	0.6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9-31	6.6	5.4	-	-	2.34	0.26	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
31-53	7.1	5.8	-	-	1.45	0.15	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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 %
0-3	-	-	-	67.4	-	-	-
3-9	-	-	-	24.7	-	-	-
9-31	-	-	-	8.2	-	-	-
31-53	-	-	-	5.1	-	-	-

Profile description

O -3-0 cm	sandy loammany very fine pores,abrupt smooth boundary to,
Ah 0-6 cm	dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3, moist)clay loam,moderate very fine crumb,slightly hard very friable slightly sticky slightly plastic,many very fine pores,few mica flakes fragments,abrupt smooth boundary to,
Bt1 6-28 cm	dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4, moist)clay loam,moderate very fine subangular blocky,hard firm very sticky plastic,many very fine pores,few mica flakes fragments,clear wavy boundary to,
Bt2 28-50 cm	(2.5YR 3/5.5, moist)clay,strong very fine subangular blocky,hard firm very sticky very plastic,many very fine pores,few mica flakes fragments,

Intensity of the soil erosion type	severe
Soil erosion type	rill

Remarks on Land Use / Vegetation	Querc.Coccifera, Carp.spec., Fagus spec.
Major vegetation type; Guidelines for soil description - Fourth edition (FAO, Rome, 2006)	deciduous forest

Altitude	600m
Regional landform; McDonald, R.C., Isbell, R.F. et all, 1984; Australian soil and land survey Field Handbook, Inkata Press, Melbourne.	piedmont
Slope	40%
Slope Aspect	north-east
Topography; Guidelines for soil description - Fourth edition (FAO, Rome, 2006)	mountainous

Drainage class ; FAO (2006) - Guidelines for soil description	excessive
Flooding frequency (FAO, 1986)	never
Kind of ground water table (USDA, 1979)	no groundwater table observed
Moist From - To	0-55cm
Estimated permeability (class) of least permeable part of the profile	moderate
Estimated run off (class)	medium

Evidence of alkali ; Soil Survey Manual USDA, 1951	non-alkaline
Evidence of salt; Soil Survey Manual USDA, 1951	non-saline
Surface stoniness class (FAO (2006) - Guidelines for soil description)	very stony

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Reference soil Greece 04: Chromic Luvisol

Reference soil GR004: Chromic Luvisols

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