Soil Lab Results 2004

 

   
   
Lab 1 specific gravity %=sp grav/35*1000
Soil Sample 40 sec 7 hr
A hor Glouc 1.54 0.63
B hor Glouc 1.55 1.05
B Seaford 3.15 2.54
A Craney Island 3.15 1.65
B NC red 3.15 2.11

 

   
   
Lab 2 ribbon
Soil Sample Gr1 Gr2 Gr3 Gr4
A hor Glouc loamy sand sand sandy loam loamy sand
B hor Glouc sandy loam loamy sand sand sand
B Seaford silty clay loam sandy loam sandy clay loam silty clay loam
Gr5 Gr6 Gr7 Gr8 Gr9
loamy sand loamy sand loam sandy loam loamy sand
sand sandy loam loamy sand sandy clay loam sandy loam
silty clay loam silty loam silty clay loam silty loam silty loam

 

   
   
Lab 3 density g/cm3
Soil Sample gr1 gr2 gr3
A Gloucester 0.538 1.03 0.583
B Gloucester 1.186 1.59 1.167
B Seaford 1 3.5 0.921
gr4 gr5 gr6 gr7
0.761 0.636 1.06 0.714
1 1.4 1.46 1.27
0.897 1 1.06 1.09

 

   
   
Lab 4 porosity ml/sec
A Gloucester 60 30 6 10
B Gloucester 450 55 40 20
B Seaford 0 190 20 20
Lab 5 your calculations

 

   
   
Lab 6 Munsell Chart
Soil Sample gr1 gr2 gr3
A Gloucester brown  black black + sepia
B Gloucester brown + grey grey brown + grey
B Seaford brown + grey grey brown + grey
A Craney 20 cm raw sienna olive black + sepia
B Craney 40 cm olive olive black lighter
B Craney 60 cm black black black
B NC red clay red (rust) tan tan
gr4 gr5 gr6 gr7
black + sepia black + sepia black + sepia black
black + sepia brown + grey brown + grey sepia
brown + grey brown + grey brown + grey brown+ grey
grey olive green olive green olive
black + sepia raw sienna black     grey + black
black  black + sepia black black
tan tan tan tan
black wetland
black lighter wetland
black + sepia wetland
brown  wetland
brown + grey wetland
grey wetland
olive + raw sienna may be wetland
Indian red  not wetland
tan not wetland

 

   
   
Lab 7 Cation/Anion Presence
Gr1 Gr2
Soil Cation Anion Cation Anion
A hor Glouc present present present present
B hor Glouc present present not present present
B Seaford not present present
A Craney Island
B NC red present present present present
Gr3 Gr4
Cation Anion Cation Anion
present not present present present
present not present present present
present present
present not present present present
present present present present

 

   
   
Lab 8 bacterial transformation reduces red iron to black iron 
5 days no change
6 day some black dots
10 days more black dots over surface and down sides

 

   
   
Lab 9 % change % change
A hor Glouc 6.2 6.24
B hor Glouc 20
B Seaford 33.3
A Craney 20 cm 60
B Craney 40 cm 73
B Craney 60 cm 43.6 35
B NC red 50 50

 

   
   
Lab 10
absorbance
min Glouc A/top sandy Glouc A/valley Glouc A/valley sandy
blank 0.159 0.244 0.133 0.147
10 0.802 0.219 0.253 0.101
20 0.761 0.226 0.299 0.119
30 0.745 0.198 0.138 0.077
40 0.727 0.178 0.189 0.091
valley sandy valley valley valley
0.272 0.133 0.434 0.234 0.244
0.425 0.207 0.331 0.137 0.219
0.282 0.171 0.319 0.166 0.226
0.402 0.138 0.206 0.198 0.198
0.291 0.081 0.163 0.297 0.178

 

   
   
Lab 11 Macroinvertebrates
Size # m sq # hectare
<1 mm 36400 3.64E+06
1-3 mm 14700 1.47E+06
>3 mm 8200 8.20E+05

 

   
   
macroinvertebrate #/m2 size
protura 2 <1
thrip 3 1
weevil 5 2.00
diplura 2 2
fly larva 1 2
tick 12 3+
pseudoscorpion 5 3+
spider 3 3+
roach  2 3+
centipede 2 3+
moth 1 3+
wasp 1 3+
ants 3 3+

 

   
   
macroinvertebrate #/m2 size
protura 2 <1
mites 11 <1
weevil 23 1
thrip 13 1
diplura 2 3+
annelids 3 3+
pseudoscor 4 3+
bugs 6 legs 12 3+

 

   
 

 

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