Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 9.6
Chemical and physical pr
operties of selected soil taxa from the Transantarctic Mountains
mmol
c
/L
Depth
(cm)
EC
(dS/m)
Ex. Na
(%)
Fe
d
(%)
>2 mm
(%)
Sand
(%)
Silt
(%)
Clay
(%)
Horizon
pH
Na
+
Ca
2+
Mg
2+
K
+
Cl
−
S0
4
2−
N0
3
−
75-06 Typic Anhyorthels
Bw1
1-12
4.7
6.6
508.9
0.94
0.93
0.11
4.34
488.0
18.6
99.6
0.18
55
90
2.7
7.3
Bw2
12-18
1.56
6.6
163.1
0.49
0.43
0.05
1.37
156.0
6.7
99.4
0.16
45
96.9
2.3
0.8
Bw3
18-54
1.2
5.3
124.0
0.42
0.30
0.06
1.04
117.8
5.9
99.4
0.17
85
94.4
3.3
2.3
Cn
54-
115
0.33
6.4
32.6
0.26
0.17
0.01
0.24
32.2
0.6
98.6
0.14
25
96.3
2.3
1.4
75-14 Typic Haploturbels
D
0-1
0.84
8.3
6.0
0.94
0.35
5.5
2.1
0.0
82.3
nd
Cn1
1-5
0.88
9.2
7.0
0.11
0.19
5.1
1.7
0.5
95.9
nd
Cn2
5-25
0.2
7.5
1.5
0.02
0.05
1.2
0.1
0.2
95.3
nd
Cf
25+
0.135
6.9
0.9
0.13
0.11
0.6
0.3
0.2
79.2
nd
76-43 Lithic Anhyorthels
D
0-1
1.05
5.9
25.7
8.5
4.9
0.8
0.8
11.7
27.28
64.4
nd
93
4
3
Bw
1-7
5
7.4
116.4
47.2
40.3
2.4
4.7
79.4
122.1
56.4
nd
79
16
5
Bwz
7-15
26
7.8
967.9
13.5
130.8
5.8
8.9
78.1
1,031
86.6
nd
72
17
11
Cn1
15-33
1.25
8.4
30.9
3.5
15.6
2.2
6.3
3.4
42.49
59.1
nd
81
16
3
Cn2
33-52
0.75
8.8
15.2
3.9
9.9
1.0
4.2
3.6
22.14
50.7
nd
85
13
2
76-52 Typic Haplorthels
D
tr
2.3
8.4
58.7
7.2
16.6
3.1
65.2
9.2
11.38
68.5
80
92
5
3
Bw
0-12
4.75
8.5
147.9
5.5
44.4
7.2
154.0
22.9
28.11
72.1
55
85
10
5
Bwy
12-20
11
8.8
584.0
8.9
65.8
7.5
28.2
208.3
429.8
87.7
58
84
9
7
Cn1
20-47
1.45
8.7
39.1
3.5
11.5
4.3
26.1
1.4
30.93
67.0
33
86
12
2
