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