DescriptionCalcareous Soil Profile, Seven Sisters Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 1280181.jpg
English: Calcareous Soil Profile, Seven Sisters Country Park A well defined soil profile on chalk.
The dark organic ricn humus layer can clearly be seen at the top of the profile. below it is a bleached horizon where nutrients have been leached out & below this is a darker reddish layer of redeposition. At the base of the profile is the weathered bedrock (chalk)the unweathered chalk is hidden.
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