Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Description:
Photograph of Carey silt loam profile. Note the compound columnar structure and the accumulation of caliche. The A1 horizon is about 12 inches thick, the B2 and B3 are about 2 ½ feet thick and the C ca [ca = pedogenic carbonates = carbonic acids that can that modify soil constituents] horizon extend below this. Entire picture covers 6½ feet of depth, typical of much of Carey soils in Harper County, transported by alluvial-colluvial forces from nearby hills and a weak B horizon has formed in pla…
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Date:
July 14, 1956
Creator:
Nance, Earl C.
Partner:
Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society