coarse yellowish brown (10 YR 
5/4-5/6) mottles; occasional fine 
gravel skeleton; roots few; bound- 
ary abrupt, smooth. 
14-23 Dark grey (5 Y 4/1) medium and 
coarse sand; massive; occasional 
fine gravel skeleton; boundary 
abrupt, smooth. 
23-45 Dark grey (5 Y 4/1) fine and 
medium sand; massive; moderate, 
coarse, light olive brown (2.5 Y 
5/4) mottles; few roots and fine 
gravel; frost. 
These soils have an alkaline pH and display a 
strong carbonate reaction to HCI! throughout 
their profiles. 
In 1974 the mapping was extended to the 
entire roadnet area, and by late 1975 a compiled 
soils map will be prepared. 
Acknowledgments 
This project was funded as a subcontract 
from the Tundra Biome Center to the Institute 
of Polar Studies, Ohio State University, and 
utilized the Prudhoe Bay Environmental Sub- 
committee funds. Initial drafting of the soils 
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map was accomplished at the Institute of Arctic 
and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, in 
conjunction with the vegetation map. Both maps 
appear on Plate 1. 
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