Corby
DERIVATION:
Acid rocks, mainly schists and granites.
TYPES OF PARENT MATERIALS MAPPED:
Fluvioglacial sands and gravels, raised beach terraces
COLOUR:
Brown or pale brown
TEXTURE:
- Sandy gravel to gravelly sand with all stones
- rounded or subrounded, abundant stones with gravel deposits.
LANDFORMS:
Moundy terrain in valley bottoms or flat terraces adjacent to major rivers and streams; flat raised beach deposits; generally undulating and moundy terrain in areas of glacial outwash.
DOMINANT LAND USE:
Arable, permanent pasture, forestry and recreation
SOIL CHEMISTRY:
Inherently acid with low amounts of basic cations. Trace elements, especially cobalt and copper, are generally low.
SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:
Generally unrestricted but limited in some soilsby a strongly cemented subsoil or an iron pan. Weak structure at depth.
SERIES NAME | SOIL TYPE | DRAINAGE | PARENT MATERIAL |
---|---|---|---|
Corby | Humus-iron podzol and iron podzol | Free | Fluvioglacial and raised beach and water sorted and morainic sands and gravels |
Cowgreens | Humic gley | Poor and very poor | Fluvioglacial sands and gravels |
Dalcharn | Peaty Podzol | Imperfect | As for Corby Series |
Forres | Iron podzol | Free | Fluvioglacial sands and gravels |
Kinord | Brown forest soil | Free | As for Corby Series |
Leys | Humus-iron podzol and iron podzol | Imperfect | As for Corby Series |
Mulloch | Noncalcareous gley | Poor and very poor | As for Corby Series |
Mundurno | Peaty gley and humic gley | Poor and very poor | As for Corby Series |
Tarbothill | Peaty podzol | Free below iron pan | As for Corby Series |