Ninigret Pond Soil Pedon Description: S04-RI-009-004 (Site 2 – Mainland Slope, bouldery)

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Print Date:   11/09/2004
Description Date:   09/01/2004
Describer:   Mike Bradley, Jim Turenne
 
Site ID:   Site 2
Site Notes:   Vibra core description. Core was analyzed/imaged by GSO using a Geo Tek Core Analyser, data available.
Pedon ID:   S04-RI-009-004
Pedon Notes:   Soil consists of 10 cm of sandy marine deposits overlying a buried very poorly drained soil formed in loess over gravelly supraglacial till.
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Lab Pedon #:   Site 2
 
Soil Name as Described/Sampled:   Site 2 Mainland slope, bouldery
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Pedon Purpose:   Ninigret Pond subaqueous soil survey pilot project.
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Location Information
Country:   USA
State:   RI
County:   Washington
MLRA:   149B
Soil Survey Area:   RI600-009
Quad Name:   Quonochataug
 
Location Description:   Ninigret Pond, Charlestown, RI. Mud Cove - west basin, north.
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Latitude:   41 degrees 21 minutes 36.57 seconds north
Longitude:   71 degrees 41 minutes 31.26 seconds west
Datum:   NAD83
UTM Zone:   19
UTM Easting:   83933 meters
UTM Northing:   30761 meters
 
Physiographic Division:   Atlantic Lowland
Physiographic Province:   Coastal Plain
Physiographic Section:   Embayed Section
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Local Physiographic Area:   Ninigret Pond
 
Geomorphic Setting:   Coastal Pond
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Primary Earth Cover:   Salt water cover
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Parent Material:   Sandy estuarine deposits over silty loess over sandy and gravelly supraglacial till derived from granite and gneiss
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Surface Fragments:   Bouldery surface
 
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 Soil Pedon Description:

CA--0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; low penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; negative reaction to alpha-alpha' dipyridyl; clear boundary.

Ab--10 to 21 centimeters (3.9 to 8.3 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; low penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; negative reaction to alpha-alpha' dipyridyl; clear boundary.

Cg--21 to 41 centimeters (8.3 to 16.1 inches); 95 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, very fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; low penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; negative reaction to alpha-alpha' dipyridyl; 1 cm horizontal bands of A material mixing 5Y3/1; abrupt boundary.

2Cg1--41 to 68 centimeters (16.1 to 26.8 inches); 95 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, loamy coarse sand; single grain; moderate excavation difficulty; 5 percent coarse prominent irregular iron concretions with clear boundaries in matrix; 20 percent nonflat subangular indurated mixed rock fragments; clear boundary.

2Cg2--68 to 105 centimeters (26.8 to 41.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; moderate penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 40 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 6-millimeter mixed rock fragments; negative reaction to alpha-alpha' dipyridyl; clear boundary.

2Cg3--105 to 120 centimeters (41.3 to 47.2 inches); 90 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; moderate penetration resistance; 10 percent coarse prominent irregular iron concretions with clear boundaries in matrix; 30 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 6-millimeter mixed rock fragments; negative reaction to alpha-alpha' dipyridyl.

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