Mode of Deposition

Soil Association

Topography

Texture

Rooting zone depth, cm

Lithology

Number of plots

Residual

Undine

Ridges and hillsides

SiL

55

Calcareous shales, soft

68

Harquail

Below ridges

L, ClL

30

Partially calcareous, soft

6

Residual to Ablation till

Glassville

Strongly rolling to hilly

L, SiL; slaty

55

Metaquartzites, slates

472

Quisibis

Ridges and slopes

SiL, L

40

Phyllite, slightly calcareous

14

Boston Brook

Rolling

L; gravelly

40

Argillites, slates, fine-grained sandstones

22

Ablation till

Monquart

Gently undulating to rolling

SL; gravelly

100

Calcareous shales, quartizte, argillites

26

Caribou

Gently undulating to rolling

L, SiL, ClL

75

Calcareous shales

204

Jardine

Gently undulating to gently rolling

L, ClL; gravelly

80

Calcareous shales

370

Thibault

Well-drained ridges & slopes

SL, L, Sl

140

Weakly calcareous quartzites

16

Basal till

Holmesville

Undulating to strongly rolling

L, SiL

45

Quartzites, sandstones (fine-grained)

1291

Siegas

Gently rolling

ClL, Cl

40

Quartzite, sandstones, slates, argillites, weakly calcareous in subsoil

291

Kedgwick

Gently rolling topography

ClL, Cl

50

Calcareous shales

91

Colluvial, water reworked

Victoria

Undulating to steep slopes

SL, SiL; gravelly

40

Shales, sandstones and quartzites

324

McGee

Slopes towards valleys

SL, SiL; gravelly

80

Shales, sandstones and quartzites

147

Glaciofluvial outwash

Muniac

River terraces

SL; gravelly

50

Calcareous shales

50

Grand Falls

River terraces

SL; gravelly

100

Gaciofluvial gravel

108