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Rothamsted Soil details
- FAO Classification: Chromic Luvisol
- U.S. Soil Taxonomy: Aquic (or Typic) Paleudalf
- Soil Survey of England & Wales Group: Paleo-argillic brown earth (Avery, 1980)
- Soil Survey of England & Wales Series: Predominately Batcombe Series (Avery & Catt, 1995 – see pop-out soil map at top right of this page).
Soil texture class: Flinty silty clay loam (U.S. silt loam) over clay-with flints. Moderately well drained, the clay-with-flints subsoil is slowly permeable and hence periodically saturated with water in most years (Avery & Catt, 1995). The soils contain a large number of flints and are slightly calcareous. Below about 2m depth the soil becomes chalk.
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