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Submerged Mainland Beach; Point Judith Pond,
Narragansett, RI
Pedon Description:
A1 --- 0 to 14 centimeters; black (N 2.5/) moist, gravelly loamy
sand; massive; friable; nonfluid; 15 percent subrounded 20 to 40
millimeters granite fragments and 10 percent shell fragments;
color change with peroxide addition 5Y 5/1; clear; Field
Measured Properties: Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon) none.
A2 --- 14 to 26 centimeters; black (N 2.5/) moist, sandy loam;
massive; friable; nonfluid; 5 percent shell fragments and 5 percent
subrounded granite fragments; color change with peroxide
addition 5Y 5/1 and algal filaments; clear; Field Measured
Properties: Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon) sulfurous.
A3 --- 26 to 40 centimeters; black (N 2.5/) moist, loamy sand;
massive; friable; nonfluid; 10 percent shell fragments; color
change with peroxide addition 5Y 5/1 and shell layer with mussel,
quahog, periwinkle, scallop; clear; Field Measured Properties:
Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon) sulfurous.
AC1 --- 40 to 58 centimeters; very dark gray (5Y 3/1) moist,
loamy sand; massive; friable; nonfluid; 3 percent rounded 2 to 3
millimeters granite fragments; no color change with peroxide and
algal filaments; abrupt; Field Measured Properties: Odor (Exists
in NASIS Horizon) sulfurous.
AC2 --- 58 to 64 centimeters; very dark gray (5Y 3/1) moist, fine
sandy loam; massive; friable; nonfluid; no color change with
peroxide and large wood fragments - 3 cm long outside part of
log; clear; Field Measured Properties: Odor (Exists in NASIS
Horizon) sulfurous.
Cg --- 64 to 104 centimeters; dark gray (5Y 4/1) moist, sand;
massive; friable; nonfluid; 3 percent subrounded 5 to 20
millimeters granite fragments; no color change with peroxide and
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algal filaments; clear; Field Measured Properties: Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon)
sulfurous.
Oa1 --- 104 to 116 centimeters; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist, muck; no
color change with peroxide; clear; Field Measured Properties: Odor (Exists in NASIS
Horizon) sulfurous.
Oa2 --- 116 to 165 centimeters; dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) moist, muck; 3 percent
10 to 20 millimeters wood fragments; no color change with peroxide; Field Measured
Properties: Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon) none.
Laboratory Data:
Horizon
A1
A2
A3
AC1
AC2
Cg
Oa1
Oa2
Horizon
A1
A2
A3
AC1
AC2
Cg
Oa1
Oa2
Horizon
Depth (cm)
0-14
14-26
26-40
40-58
58-64
64-104
104-116
116-165
Horizon
Depth (cm)
0-14
14-26
26-40
40-58
58-64
64-104
104-116
116-165
General Information
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Pedon Notes:
Db
(g/cm3)
1.29
0.87
1.44
1.41
0.76
1.46
0.33
0.16
%VCS
0.91
1.59
1.19
0.99
3.90
0.71
4.95
38.59
CaCO3
(%)
1.26
3.25
1.70
1.26
2.54
0.96
2.51
21.75
5:1 Sal
(ms)
1.33
2.88
3.06
1.91
3.45
1.85
4.74
5.05
%MS
%FS
%VFS
OM (%)
OC (%)
1.82
3.18
2.38
1.97
7.80
1.41
9.90
77.18
%CS
Initial pH 1 Mo. pH 2 Mo. pH 3 Mo. pH
7.89
8.00
8.23
7.97
7.78
8.14
7.35
6.97
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
%Sand
%Silt
%Clay
Texture
sandy and gravelly marine deposits over woody
organic material
Washington County, Rhode Island; Town of
Narragansett
8/26/2009
M. Payne and J. Turenne
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Vibracore collected 8/6/2009, opened and
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described 8/26/2009.
URI
RI009-2009-013-PJ
Submerged Mainland Beach
Haplic Sulfaquents
Haplic Sulfiwassents - before labdata
-3
water cover
none
sandy and gravelly marine deposits over woody
organic material
25 to 100 cm.
Reduced matrix: 0 to 165 centimeters
Aquic conditions: 0 to 165 centimeters
Sapric soil material: 104 to 165 centimeters
United States
Rhode Island
WASHINGTON
144A - New England and Eastern New York
Upland, Southern Part
RI600 -- State of Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent,
Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties
Quonochontaug, Rhode Island
41°24’14.87678” north
71°30’32.53939” west
NAD83
19
290271.63E meters
4586659.28N
meters
Atlantic Lowland
Coastal Plain
Embayed section
Point Judith Pond
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Location Map:
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