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Soil Properties by Parent Material and Rock Type

Note that this is a bit out of date, since several errors have been corrected.(update pending)

Tabluar Summaries
Number of pedons by slope class, parent material, bedrock kind, geologic formation, rock type (geologic map), and describers.

Pedons by slope class

	0-2%	2-9%	9-20%	20-35%	35-50%	50-70%	>70%
	11	42	23	49	79	52	10

Pedons by parent material

	ALL	COL	COL/RES	OBD	RES
	39	17	54	8	148

Pedons by bedrock kind

	AND	CO	DAC	DIE	GRA	RHY	SHA	SST	TBR	TUF	VBR
	12	58	4	2	39	55	2	17	2	6	25

Pedons by geologic formation

	Monterey	Pancho Rico	Pinnacles	Santa Lucia	Santa Margarita	Sedimentary
	2	3	108	47	6	98

Pedons by rock type (geologic map)

	Agglomerate	Andesite	Conglomerate	Dacite	Diatomaceous Mudstone	Dikes	Flow Banded Rhyolite	Granitic Basement	Gray Rhyolitic Breccia/ Conglomerate	Massive Rhyolite	Monterey Shale	Perlite	Pumice Lapilli-Tuff	Rhyolite Flows	Rhyolitic Breccia	Sandstone	Temblor	Vitric Lapilli-Tuff
	9	5	1	10	2	1	16	47	4	8	2	4	4	17	33	6	94	1

Pedons by describers

	ACF	DB	DB and ATO	DB and SSGG	DB KO	DB VB	DIG	KC VB	KO	KO ACF	KO BAL	KO CDH	KO DB	KO DB VB	KO KC VB	KO KM	KO SS VB	KO VB	VB
	5	3	1	4	1	11	2	38	71	16	4	14	32	2	2	3	1	51	5

Graphical Summaries
Box-and-whisker plot summaries of soil depth, A horizon depth, PCS percent clay, and PCS percent rock fragments by selected grouping classes: field described parent material, field described bedrock kind, geologic map formation, and geologic map rock type. See attached PDF version below.

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Properties by Field Described Bedrock Type

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Properties by Field Described Parent Material

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Properties by Geologic Map Formation

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Properties by Geologic Map Rock Type

Attachment:

combined.pdf