Parameters | Soil samples | |
(0 - 15 cm depth) | (6.5 m depth) | |
Description | Darkish top soil | Brownish clayey soil |
Porosity | 0.38 | 0.38 |
Bulk density (kg/m3) | 1750 | 1890 |
Permeability (cm/sec) | 3.6 × 10−5 | 0.0144 |
Sand | 75% | 75% |
Silt | 20% | 20% |
Clay | 5% | 5% |
pH | 6.65 ± 0.03 | 6.2 ± 0.2 |
% Moisture | 14.4 ± 0.5 | 10.7 ± 0.03 |
% Total Organic Carbon | 0.58 ± 0.04 | 0.18 ± 0.02 |
% Organic Nitrogen | 0.105 ± 0.02 | 0.0035 ± 0.0001 |
% Ammonium Nitrogen | 0.02 ± 0.01 | 0.0014 ± 0.0001 |
Chloride (mg/g) | 780 ± 10.5 | 750 ± 0.5 |
Sulphate (mg/g) | 120 ± 5.0 | 71.4 ± 2.5 |
Phosphate (mg/g) | 12.0 ± 0.8 | 1.6 ± 0.2 |