Al Ain soil series AE
A representative soil profile of the Al Ain series. These soils are very deep and formed in gravelly alluvial deposits. (NE003) UAE.
Taxonomic classification: Typic Torriorthents, sandy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic
Diagnostic subsurface horizon described in this profile is: Calcic horizon from 115 to 200 cm.
Typic Torriorthents are fixed on the driest Torriorthents. Typic Torriorthents are extensive soils in the intermountain States of the United States. Most of them have moderate or strong slopes and are used only for grazing. Others that have gentle slopes are irrigated. The gently sloping soils are mostly on fans or piedmont slopes where the sediments are recent and have little organic carbon.
Rock fragments in the particle-size control section are predominantly gravel, with less than 15% cobbles and stones. Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) is less than 15% in layers above 100 cm. The particle-size control section has less than 30% particles that are very fine sand and finer. The pH (1:1) ranges from 7.0 to 8.6 throughout the profile. The EC (1:1) is generally less than 1.0 dS/m in all horizons, but may be higher in some areas that have been irrigated. A desert pavement of fine and medium gravel in many areas covers 5 to 65% of the soil surface. A few areas may have a thin eolian sand mantle up to about 25 cm thick. The size of the rock fragments on and in the soil is predominantly gravel, but may have a few cobbles and stones, especially in areas close to the mountains. The size of rock fragments generally decreases as distance from the mountains increases.
Al Ain soil series AE
A representative soil profile of the Al Ain series. These soils are very deep and formed in gravelly alluvial deposits. (NE003) UAE.
Taxonomic classification: Typic Torriorthents, sandy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic
Diagnostic subsurface horizon described in this profile is: Calcic horizon from 115 to 200 cm.
Typic Torriorthents are fixed on the driest Torriorthents. Typic Torriorthents are extensive soils in the intermountain States of the United States. Most of them have moderate or strong slopes and are used only for grazing. Others that have gentle slopes are irrigated. The gently sloping soils are mostly on fans or piedmont slopes where the sediments are recent and have little organic carbon.
Rock fragments in the particle-size control section are predominantly gravel, with less than 15% cobbles and stones. Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) is less than 15% in layers above 100 cm. The particle-size control section has less than 30% particles that are very fine sand and finer. The pH (1:1) ranges from 7.0 to 8.6 throughout the profile. The EC (1:1) is generally less than 1.0 dS/m in all horizons, but may be higher in some areas that have been irrigated. A desert pavement of fine and medium gravel in many areas covers 5 to 65% of the soil surface. A few areas may have a thin eolian sand mantle up to about 25 cm thick. The size of the rock fragments on and in the soil is predominantly gravel, but may have a few cobbles and stones, especially in areas close to the mountains. The size of rock fragments generally decreases as distance from the mountains increases.