Soil-Landform Units - Mountains
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Unit Description | Unit Type | Typical Soil Profile Information (for components of each unit) | |
Mountains | |||
| MG | (PDF 102KB) | Mountains on granite | Components 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (PDF 132KB) (PDF 117KB) (PDF 66KB) (PDF 46KB) (PDF 103KB) |
| MGn | (PDF 110KB) | Mountains on gneiss  | Component 1, 2, 3, 4 (PDF 85KB) (PDF 48KB) (PDF 124KB) (PDF 69KB) |
| MSs1 | (PDF 106KB) | Mountains on Ordovician schist - Type 1 | Components 1, 2, 3 (PDF 74KB) (PDF 149KB) (PDF 127KB) |
| MSs2 | (PDF 85KB) | Mountains on Ordovician schist - Type 2 | Components 1, 2, 3 (PDF 121KB) (PDF 136KB) (PDF 9KB) |
| MSy1 | (PDF 106KB) | Mountains on sedimentary rock - Type 1 | Components 1, 2 (PDF 124KB) (PDF 66KB) |
| MSy2 | (PDF 118KB) | Mountains on sedimentary rock - Type 2 | Components 1, 2 (PDF 72KB) (PDF 113KB) |
| MV1 | (PDF 162KB) | Mountains on rhyolite and rhyodacite - Type 1 | Components 1 (PDF 102KB) |
| MV2 | (PDF 110KB) | Mountains on rhyolite and rhyodacite - Type 1 | Components 2, 3 (PDF 112KB) (PDF 103KB) |
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