Reference soil Greenland 06: Cryosol

GL006

Distribution of Cryosols

WRB 2006:

WRB 1998:

Haplic Cryosol (Aridic Arenic)

Dystri- Yermic Arenosol

60-0 cm

cryic horizon

FAO-UNESCO-ISRIC 1988:

FAO-UNESCO 1974:

Haplic Arenosol

gelundic phase

Cambic Arenosol

Other classification

USDA-SCS (1975)

:Cryopsamment

Location:

Angmagssalik District, Southeast Greenland

The main parent rock/ material over which the soil has been formed (1st entry)	granite
Mode of Accumulation or deposition of parent material (1st entry)	residual material
Texture of parent material (1st entry)	sandy
Weathering status of solid rock (1st entry)	slightly
Remarks on Parent Materials	charnocite

Current land use at the site	(semi-)natural vegetation
Vegetation Type;The natural vegetation at the site	tundra
Remarks on Land Use / Vegetation	Open snowbed vegetation (wet fjell-field) with Silene auc., Carex big., Pol vivip., Luzula spic., Salix herb. And Oxyria dig.

Regional landform	fluvio-glacial terrace
Topography of the surrounding country	hilly
Physiographic Unit in the immediate surrounding of the site	solifluction terrace
The slope refers to the inclination of the land immediately surrounding the site. The measured or estimated slope angle is specified to the nearest per cent	8 %
The physiographic position of the site where the profile is located	middle slope
Form of the slope surrounding the site	straight
Slope Aspect of the site	north-east

Flooding frequency	never
Estimated permeablity (class) of least permeable part of the profile	high

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

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

C1 0-3 cm	gravel, dominant coarse gravel and stones fresh charnocite fragments, abrupt smooth boundary to,
C2 3-35 cm	coarse sand very gravelly, many coarse gravel and stones fresh charnocite fragments clear wavy boundary to,

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