AD120 Typic Petrogypsids
Typic Petrogypsids, loamy, mixed, hyperthermic, shallow (Soil AD120) are shallow, loamy soils with gypsum occurring in the surface. A petrogypsic horizon occurs within the top 50cm. They occur on deflation plains throughout the Emirate. They are moderately well drained to somewhat excessively drained soils and have rapid or moderately rapid permeability.
These soils remain as barren land or sometimes used for low intensity grazing by camel, sheep or goats. They frequently have less than 5% vegetation cover of Cornulaca arabica, Cyperus conglomeratus, Fagonia ovalfolia, Haloxylon salicornicum, Tribulus omanense and Zygophyllum
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Plate 18: Typical soil profile and associated landscape for Typic Petrogypsids, loamy, gypsic, hyperthermic, shallow (Soil AD120).
AD120 Typic Petrogypsids
Typic Petrogypsids, loamy, mixed, hyperthermic, shallow (Soil AD120) are shallow, loamy soils with gypsum occurring in the surface. A petrogypsic horizon occurs within the top 50cm. They occur on deflation plains throughout the Emirate. They are moderately well drained to somewhat excessively drained soils and have rapid or moderately rapid permeability.
These soils remain as barren land or sometimes used for low intensity grazing by camel, sheep or goats. They frequently have less than 5% vegetation cover of Cornulaca arabica, Cyperus conglomeratus, Fagonia ovalfolia, Haloxylon salicornicum, Tribulus omanense and Zygophyllum
spp.
Plate 18: Typical soil profile and associated landscape for Typic Petrogypsids, loamy, gypsic, hyperthermic, shallow (Soil AD120).