AD114 Leptic Haplogypsids, petrogypsic
Leptic Haplogypsids, sandy, mixed, hyperthermic, petrogypsic phase (Soil AD114) are deep to very deep, sandy soils with gypsum occurring at or near the soil surface and a petrogypsic layer occurring below 100cm. They are well drained or somewhat excessively drained and permeability is moderately rapid or rapid. These soils commonly occur on older sediments in deflation plains and at the higher margins of inland and coastal sabkha. They are formed in old sand and gravel deposits.
They are commonly used for low intensity camel grazing. They frequently have less than 5% vegetation cover comprising Haloxylon salicornicum and Zygophyllum spp.
These soils occur throughout the Emirate but most commonly in the north-eastern parts, north of the Abu Dhabi to Al Ain road and also at the western margins of Sabkha Matti.
Plate 12: Typical soil profile and associated landscape for Leptic Haplogypsids, sandy, mixed, hyperthermic, petrogypsic phase (Soil AD114).
AD114 Leptic Haplogypsids, petrogypsic
Leptic Haplogypsids, sandy, mixed, hyperthermic, petrogypsic phase (Soil AD114) are deep to very deep, sandy soils with gypsum occurring at or near the soil surface and a petrogypsic layer occurring below 100cm. They are well drained or somewhat excessively drained and permeability is moderately rapid or rapid. These soils commonly occur on older sediments in deflation plains and at the higher margins of inland and coastal sabkha. They are formed in old sand and gravel deposits.
They are commonly used for low intensity camel grazing. They frequently have less than 5% vegetation cover comprising Haloxylon salicornicum and Zygophyllum spp.
These soils occur throughout the Emirate but most commonly in the north-eastern parts, north of the Abu Dhabi to Al Ain road and also at the western margins of Sabkha Matti.
Plate 12: Typical soil profile and associated landscape for Leptic Haplogypsids, sandy, mixed, hyperthermic, petrogypsic phase (Soil AD114).