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Table 2. Example of soil laboratory data

SOIL FAMILY: Typic Chromustert, very fine, montmorillonitic, isohyperthermic

SOIL SERIES: Lualualei

SOIL NUMBER: S62Ha-7-1

LOCATION: Honolulu County, Hawaii, Lincoln Lab.

NUMBER: 17292 - 17296

depth

(cm)

horizon
Mineralogical Analysis
Allo-
phane
Mont-
moril-
lonites
Micas Kao-
lin-
ites
Gibb-
site
Boeh-
mite
Goet-
hite
Amor-
phous
SiO2
Amor-
phous
Al2O3
Mag-
netite
etc.
Ana- tase Quartz Vol-
canic
glass
Feld-
spar
Oli-
vine
Pyro-
xene
Py-
rite
-------------------Percent of Whole Soil------------------------
0-3
3-25
25-55
All
A12
AC
55-75
75-123
123
Cl
C2cs
C3cs
depth

(cm)

Total Chemical Analysis
Extractable

iron 6C1a

Carb-

onate

as

CaC03

6E 1b

0.5N Na OH

Soluble

SiO2 TiO2 Al2O3 Fe2O3 MnO2 MgO CaO Na2O K2O P2O5 L.O.I. Total Fe Fe2O3 SiO2 Al2O3
----------------------Percent of Whole Soil-----------------------
0-3
3-25

25-55

All

A12

AC

30.54

31.74

33.91

7.71

7.59

7.52

19.29

20.34

19.04

26.26

25.81

26.28

0.30

0.33

0.45

1.50

1.07

1.57

1.57

1.72

0.62

0.26

0.28

0.29

0.07

0.08

0.05

0.50

0.48

0.51

11.63

10.81

10.87

99.6

100.3

101.1

7.3

7.0

7.5

10.4

10.0

10.7

55-75

75-123

123

Cl

C2ca

C3ca

33.54

32.25

31.52

7.59

6.18

6.57

19.57

20.02

20.39

25.82

24.24

22.37

0.43

0.33

0.38

1.72

1.58

1.50

0.34

2.56

4.39

0.37

0.44

0.49

0.06

0.04

0.07

0.36

0.38

0.29

10.54

11.39

11.56

100.3

99.4

99.5

7.3

6.6

6.0

10.4

9.4

8.6

depth

(cm)

6A la

a

Organic

carbon

Pct.

6B1a

Nitro-

gen

Pct.

C/N

Extractable bases 5B1a Sum

pf

bases

Extr.

acidity

66H2a

Cation Exch

capacity

NH4OAc

extr.

SO4

KCl

extr

Al+++

6G1D

Base

saturation

pH
6N2a

Ca

602a

Mg

6P2a

Na

6Q2a

K

5A1a

NH4OAc

Sum 5C1

NH4OAc

5C3 8Cla

H2O

1:5

8C1c

KC1

1:5

-----------------------------Meq./100 g. --------------------------------------------------------- Percent
0-3

3-25

25-55

0.66

0.42

0.21

0.082

0.060

0.054

8

7

4

17.1

15.1

14.6

15.2

15.1

13.4

0.8

1.3

2.5

1.4

0.4

0.2

34.5

31.9

30.7

34.1

32.9

32.9

0.9

0.1

0.1

100+

97

93

7.1

7.2

7.2

5.9

5.4

5.4

55-75

75-123

123

0.17

0.17

0.16

0.044 4 16.0

73.1

73.8

10.5

9.3

10.7

3.9

7.2

8.4

0.2

0.2

0.3

30.6 32.1

29.8

30.6

1.3

61.2

63.7

95 6.8

5.6

5.8

5.2

4.9

5.0

depth

(cm)

Size class and particle

diameter (mm) 3A1

Coarse

frag-

ments

2mm

pct of

whole

soil

Atterberg limits Bulk density Parti-

cle

den-

sity

Water content Extensibility
Sand

(2-0.05)

Silt

(0.5-

0.002)

Clay

(.002)

Plasiic

limit

Liquid

limit

Plastic

index

4Alf

1/3

bar

4Alh

Oven

dry

Field

moist

4B1c

1/3

bar clod

1/3

bar

15

bar

4D1
COlEf COLE
--Pct. of 2mm.------- g/cc Pct. of whole soil cm/cm
0-3

3-25

25-55

tr.

-

-

1.29

1.38

1.52

3.08

3.06

3.07

31.8

30.0

28.4

22.0

22.1

22.7

55-75

75-123

123

-

-

-

1.33

1.28

1.95

1.86

1.56

1.54

1.42

3.06

3.12

3.11

35/3

37.7

27.8

28.4

34.5

21.4

22.3

25.3

0.136

0.133


A 3.7 kg of organic carbon per square meter to a depth of 1 meter.

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