Table 7, — Laboratory analysis of Chicken Creek soils (con.) 



Soil texture' 



Moisture content 



Organic Rock >2mm. 



Unit Horizon Depth Sand Silt Clay matter' by weight 1/3 atm. 



15 atm. 



Bu:k 

 density 



18 All 

 A12 

 B21t 

 B22t 

 B23tg 

 Cg 

































0-1 



50.2 



31. 



.6 



18, 



2 



7.3 



14. 



.9 



16. 



.0 



7. 



,6 



0, 



.48 



1-11 



44.8 



33, 



.8 



21, 



A 



4.5 



9. 



.4 



12. 



.0 



6. 



,5 



0, 



.95 



11-15 



46.8 



26. 



,2 



27 



.0 



1.5 



12. 



,8 



10. 



.8 



6. 



.8 



1. 



.44 



15-18 



49.8 



23. 



2 



27, 



.0 



1.2 



12. 



.8 



10, 



.7 



6. 



.1 







18-25 



59.8 



14, 



.8 



25, 



.4 



1.3 



42. 



.3 



10. 



,0 



4, 



.1 



1. 



,37 



21-30 



56.2 



19. 



.4 



24, 



.4 



1.4 



52. 



.3 



7. 



.4 



7, 



.1 







A 1 



Al 



0-1 



/I "1 O 



41.2 



33.0 



25.8 



1.1 



0.9 



12. 



.2 



6, 



.1 



0, 



.61 



A3 



11/2-4 



35.4 



35.2 



29.4 



2.9 



0.3 



11, 



.7 



7, 



.7 



1 



.13 



B21t 



4-15 



34.6 



35.0 



30.4 



2.3 



0.3 



10, 



.4 



8, 



.5 



1 



.45 



B22t 



15-23 



40.2 



32.4 



27.4 



1.6 



0.8 



10, 



.1 



8, 



.0 



1 



.54 



B23t 



23-40 



30.8 



28.8 



40.4 



1.0 



0.1 



10, 



.8 



3, 



.9 







Bib 



40-55 



55.2 



23.4 



21.4 



0.4 



0.3 



8. 



,0 



5, 



.9 







B21tb 



55-71 



26.8 



31.8 



41.4 





0.4 



11. 



.6 



7, 



.9 



-» 



_L 



,G0 



B22tb 



71-80 



22.2 



37.2 



38.6 





0.11 



11. 



.8 



8 



.1 







CI 



80-95 



13.4 



42.0 



44.6 





40.8 



11. 



.0 



8, 



.6 







Ap 



0-1 



44.8 



31.6 



23.6 



6.7 



19.1 



12. 



.5 



6, 



.3 







.48 



Al 



1-4 



52.4 



28.2 



19.4 



5.4 



26.2 



12. 



,4 



8 



.2 



1, 



.13 



B2t 



4-8 



49.0 



31.2 



19.8 



3.3 



37.7 



10. 



,8 



7, 



.1 



1, 



.45 



B3 



8-15 



47.4 



32.6 



20.0 



2.0 



40.3 



10. 



.1 



6 



.5 



1, 



.27 



R 



15-24 



51.4 



30.2 



18.4 



1.8 



55.3 



9. 



.6 



6, 



.5 







Al 



0-3 



40.4 



36.4 



23.2 



8.4 



3.4 



12. 



.8 



13 



.0 



0. 



,39 



A3 



3-11 



38.4 



36.6 



25.0 



6.6 



3.0 



14. 



.0 



12 



.7 



0. 



,98 



Bl 



11-25 



35.0 



33.8 



31.2 



3.0 



5.5 



15. 



.8 



10, 



.9 







B21t 



25-45 



35.0 



32.8 



32.2 



2.0 



6.0 



11. 



.4 



9. 



.1 



1. 



.27 



B22t 



45-64 



49.0 



21.6 



29.4 



0.7 



12.0 



8. 



.4 



6. 



.7 







llB23t 



64-76 



44.8 



22.8 



32.4 





28.6 



10. 



,1 



7. 



,1 







^Texture: duplicate textural analyses were made on bulk samples using the ''Improved Hydrometer 

 Method" (Bouyoucos 1962). 



'Organic Matter: the potassium permanganate test was used to determine the percent organic matter for 

 each horizon (Schollenberger 1945). 



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