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This is the first stop for people looking for information about Canadian soils: how they form, what they look like, where different types of soil are found, and how to describe them.
- Processes
Simonson (1958) proposed that soil formation could be...
- Chernozemic
Chernozemic soils are dominant in the grassland regions of...
- Processes
The soils are called cryosols (cryo means “ice cold”). Permafrost areas are also characterized by the churning of the soil by freeze-thaw processes, and as a result, development of soil horizons is very limited.
- Steven Earle
- 2015
The major symbols used in describing mineral soil layers in Canada are shown in the following tables. The assignment of mineral soil layers to each horizon is done by comparing the properties of the horizons in the field to a list of distinctive characteristics, called diagnostic properties.
- Setting the stage: The ancient origins of the world’s largest freshwater lake
- A story of 2 landscapes
- Creating Mount McKay
- How to get there
Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake by surface area, has a unique geological origin that has led to its enormity. About 1.1 billion years ago, the North American continent almost split into 2 landmasses. Forces in the Earth’s mantle at that time stretched the continent, breaking the hard Canadian Shield rocks along geological faults....
The scenic lookout on Mount McKay provides a remarkable panorama of the Lakehead region. To the west and north is the relatively flat, undulating landscape that characterizes much of the Canadian Shield. In contrast, to the east and northeast, along the shores of Lake Superior, are rugged flat-topped mountains bounded by vertical clifs. What causes...
The rocks exposed at Mount McKay are gently tilted layers of sedimentary shale and igneous diabase. The diabase formed about 1.1 billion years ago during the formation of the ancient rift valley, when magma rising from the mantle spread laterally between the layers of shale deep within the Earth, cooling and crystallizing into thick sheets of igneo...
Hillcrest Park is in the north-central part of Thunder Bay. From the Trans-Canada Highway take Red River Road east and turn right (south) on High Street. Turn left (east) at the second entrance to Hillcrest Park, at Bay Street. At the bottom of the stairs that descend from the parking lot, turn right (south) and walk along the narrow lane to the sm...
Jan 1, 2011 · Brunisols are some of the more common soils in Canada, occupying over 1.2 million km 2 of land, roughly equivalent to the area of Podzolic soils, and about half the area of the most common soil order in Canada, the Cryosols.
- SmithC. A. S., WebbK. T., KenneyE., AndersonA., KroetschD.
- 2011
Examine Figure 8.26 showing the distribution of soils in Canada, or use the interactive map by clicking on the figure. For each of the five soils types listed below, briefly describe the distribution.
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Identify common mineral phases found in soil; Explain the difference between primary and secondary minerals; Describe the influence of continental glaciation on mineral distributions in Canadian soils; Describe the relationship of between particle size and soil minerals; Define isomorphous substitution and the basis for cation exchange capacity
