SOIL PROFILE DESCRIPTION

A. SOIL NAME : Sigcay Clay

B. DATE OF EXAMINATION : March 25, 2019
C. LOCATION : Aklan State University Campus
D. LONGITUDE/LATITUDE :
E. ELAVATION :
F. LANDFORM
i. PHYSIOGRAPHIC POSITION : Convex Back Slope
ii. SORROUNDING LOCATION

G. SLOPE :
H. LAND USE : Banana, Cacao and Coconut tree

GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE SOIL

A. PARENT MATERIAL : Coconut and banana trunk

B. DRAINAGE : none
C. MOISTURE DEPTHS : 150-200 cm
D. DEPTH OF THE GROUND WATER TABLE : Not Observed
E. PRESENCE OF SURFACE STONES : Common medium
F. EVIDENCE OF EROSION : none
G. PRESENCE OF SALT AND ALKALI : none
H. HUMAN INFLUENCE :
 SOIL MORPHOLOGY

A HORIZON Very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2); moist;sandy clay

loam; moderate medium to coarse subangular
blocky breaking into blocky structure; friable,
plastic and sticky; common fine tubular pores;
many very fine to coarse roots; clear smooth
boundary presence of common medium gravels
and very few medium shale.

B HORIZON Dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); moist; sandy

loam; moderate fine to coarse subangular blocky
breaking into blocky structure; friable, slightly
plastic and sticky; many very fine tubular and
few fine inped pores; many coarse common
medium and few fine roots; presence of
termites; many fine gravels and few coarse
shale

B1 HORIZON Dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); moist; sandy

loam; moderate fine to coarse subangular blocky
breaking into blocky structure; friable, slightly
plastic and sticky; few fine tubular nad many
very fine inped pores; many coarse common
medium and few very fine roots; clear smooth
boundary; common fine to coarse gravels.

Conclusion:

I conclude that the overall result of the soil profile is very important to be able to
understand the use of materials and every horizon has some different characteristics in terms of
color, structure, consistency, pores, roots and boundaries. Color indicated by the using the
appropriate munsell color notation. Slightly plastic and sticky because the soil mass easily
deformable. Most of the pores are within the ped. This B1 horizon has a seize of 25-6 cm it is a
zone of soil that accumulated material from weathered soils that shows evidences of pedogenic
processes through changes in color development of soil aggregates.