*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002002

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:46AM

Sampled as on Apr 14, 2003:	Aimeliik
Revised to correlated:	Aimeliik ; Very-fine, halloysitic, isohyperthermic Humic Haploperox

				United States Department of Agriculture
SSL	-	Project	C2003USPW112   REPUBLIC OF PALAU	Natural Resources Conservation Service
	-	Site ID	S03PW002002   Lat: 7° 25' 54.65" north  Long: 134° 31' 22.67" east  MLRA: 193	National Soil Survey Center
	-	Pedon No.	03N0697	Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory
	-	General Methods 1B1A, 2A1, 2B		Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3866

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Layer	Horizon	Orig Hzn	Depth (cm)	Field Label 1	Field Label 2	Field Label 3	Field Texture	Lab Texture
03N03374	A1	A1	0-3	S03PW-002-002-1			SIL	C
03N03375	A2	A2	3-10	S03PW-002-002-2			SIL	C
03N03376	Bt1	Bt1	10-30	S03PW-002-002-3			SICL	C
03N03377	Bt2	Bt2	30-50	S03PW-002-002-4			SICL	CL
03N03378	Bt3	Bt3	50-86	S03PW-002-002-5			SICL	SCL

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Pedon Calculations
Calculation Name	Result	Units of Measure
LE, Whole Soil, Summed to 1m	Depth error	cm/m
Weighted averages based on control section: 25-100 cm

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PSDA  &  Rock Fragments				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-
					(- - - - - Total - - - - - -)			(- - Clay - - -)		(- - - - Silt - - - - -)		(- - - - - - - - - - - - Sand - - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Rock Fragments   (mm) )
				Lab	Clay	Silt	Sand	Fine	CO3	Fine	Coarse	VF	F	M	C	VC	(- - - - - - - - Weight - - - - - - - -)				>2 mm
				Text-	<	.002	.05	<	<	.002	.02	.05	.10	.25	.5	1	2	5	20	.1-	wt %
	Depth			ure	.002	-.05	-2	.0002	.002	-.02	-.05	-.10	-.25	-.50	-1	-2	-5	-20	-75	75	whole
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep		(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of <2mm Mineral Soil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)												(- - - - - - - % of <75mm - - - - - -)				soil
					3A1a1a			3A1a1a		3A1a1a		3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a
03N03374	0-3	A1	S	c	56.0	25.9	18.1	23.9		19.8	6.1	4.7	6.5	4.8	1.7	0.4	6	1	--	19	7
03N03375	3-10	A2	S	c	52.1	22.3	25.6	21.7		18.4	3.9	4.1	6.4	6.6	7.0	1.5	6	19	2	43	27
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	S	c	55.6	23.4	21.0	20.4		18.7	4.7	4.0	4.7	5.6	5.1	1.6	5	9	--	29	14
03N03377	30-50	Bt2	S	cl	34.6	27.9	37.5	14.0		21.5	6.4	7.4	9.8	8.9	8.1	3.3	1	3	--	33	4
03N03378	50-86	Bt3	S	scl	25.7	27.0	47.3	10.4		21.0	6.0	9.1	12.3	12.5	11.0	2.4	1	tr	--	39	1

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002002

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:46AM

Sampled As	:	Aimeliik
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0697

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Bulk Density  &  Moisture				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(Bulk Density)		Cole	(- - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Air Dry-Oven Dry )		WRD	Aggst
				33	Oven	Whole	6	10	33	1500	1500 kPa	(- - - - Ratio - - - -)		Whole	Stabl	(- - Ratio/Clay - -)
	Depth			kPa	Dry	Soil	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	Moist		Corrected	Soil	2-0.5mm	CEC7	1500 kPa
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - g cm-3 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - pct of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - -)							cm3 cm-3	%
				DbWR1	DbWR1				DbWR1	3C2a1a		3D1
03N03374	0-3	A1	S	0.79	1.11	0.117			54.6	32.0		1.060		0.17		0.62	0.57
03N03375	3-10	A2	S	0.94	1.18	0.068			46.2	26.4		1.046		0.17		0.37	0.51
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	S	1.02	1.22	0.057			44.9	26.7		1.040		0.18		0.19	0.48
03N03377	30-50	Bt2	S	1.01	1.09	0.025			42.0	26.4		1.045		0.16		0.29	0.76
03N03378	50-86	Bt3	S	0.80	0.96	0.062			57.5	26.0		1.050		0.25		0.45	1.01

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Water Content				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-
				(- - Atterberg - -)		(- - - - - Bulk Density - - - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
				(- - - Limits - - -)		Field	Recon	Recon	Field	Recon	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sieved Samples - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
				LL	PI		33	Oven		33	6	10	33	100	200	500
	Depth						kPa	Dry		kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	pct <0.4mm		(- - - - - - - - g cm-3 - - - - - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
				3H	3H
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	S	70	24

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Carbon  &  Extractions				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-	-19-
				(- - - - - Total - - - - -)			Est	OC	C/N	(- - - Dith-Cit Ext - - -)			(- - - - - - Ammonium Oxalate Extraction - - - - - -)						(- - - Na Pyro-Phosphate - - -)
	Depth			C	N	S	OC	(WB)	Ratio	Fe	Al	Mn	Al+½Fe	ODOE	Fe	Al	Si	Mn	C	Fe	Al	Mn
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - % of <2 mm - - - - - - - - - -)						(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)								mg kg-1	(- - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - -)
				4H2a	4H2a	4H2a				4G1	4G1	4G1		4G2	4G2	4G2	4G2	4G2
03N03374	0-3	A1	S	10.96	0.64	0.09	11.0		17	4.5	1.3	tr	0.59	0.06	0.58	0.30	0.01	223.5
03N03375	3-10	A2	S	5.69	0.43	0.06	5.7		13	4.5	1.3	0.1	0.61	0.15	0.59	0.32	0.01	1352.1
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	S	2.74	0.24	0.07	2.7		11	4.4	1.0	tr	0.44	0.07	0.30	0.29	0.02	286.2
03N03377	30-50	Bt2	S	0.81	0.08	0.12	0.8		10	4.4	1.3	0.2	0.51	0.10	0.23	0.40	0.05	1254.8
03N03378	50-86	Bt3	S	0.33	0.07	0.14	0.3		5	4.2	1.6	0.2	0.62	0.08	0.28	0.48	0.06	1553.1

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002002

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:46AM

Sampled As	:	Aimeliik
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0697

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CEC  &  Bases				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(- - - - - - NH4OAC Extractable Bases - - - - -)								CEC8	CEC7	ECEC		(- - - - Base - - - -)
								Sum	Acid-	Extr	KCl	Sum	NH4	Bases	Al	(- Saturation -)
	Depth			Ca	Mg	Na	K	Bases	ity	Al	Mn	Cats	OAC	+Al	Sat	Sum	NH4OAC
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)							mg kg-1	(- - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - -)
				4B1a1a	4B1a1a	4B1a1a	4B1a1a		4B2b1a1	4B3a1a	4B3a1a		4B1a1a
03N03374	0-3	A1	S	14.4	5.9	0.6	0.6	21.5	34.8			56.3	34.9			38	62
03N03375	3-10	A2	S	5.9	2.4	0.3	0.3	8.9	27.2			36.1	19.5			25	46
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	S	1.6	1.0	0.2	0.2	3.0	19.6			22.6	10.6			13	28
03N03377	30-50	Bt2	S	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1	1.1	21.3	2.4	5.4	22.4	10.1	3.5	69	5	11
03N03378	50-86	Bt3	S	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	22.0	3.4	4.7	23.0	11.6	4.4	77	4	9

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Salt

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

-19-

-20-

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Extracted From Saturated Paste - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

1:2

Total

Elec

Elec

Exch

Depth

Ca

Mg

Na

K

CO3

HCO3

F

Cl

PO4

Br

OAC

SO4

NO2

NO3

H2O

Salts

Cond

Cond

Na

SAR

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

(- - - - - mmol(+) L-1 - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mmol(-) L-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - % - - - -)

(- - dS m-1 - -)

%

03N03374

0-3

A1

S

2

03N03375

3-10

A2

S

1

03N03376

10-30

Bt1

S

2

03N03377

30-50

Bt2

S

2

03N03378

50-86

Bt3

S

2

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pH  &  Carbonates				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-
				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)						(- - Carbonate - -)		(- - Gypsum - - -)
					CaCl2					As CaCO3		As CaSO4*2H2O		Resist
	Depth				0.01M	H2O	Sat			<2mm	<20mm	<2mm	<20mm	ohms
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	KCl	1:2	1:1	Paste	Oxid	NaF	(- - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - -)				cm-1
				4C1a2a3	4C1a2a	4C1a2a			4C1a1a1
03N03374	0-3	A1	S	4.7	5.1	5.6			6.6
03N03375	3-10	A2	S	4.7	5.3	5.4			8.8
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	S	4.8	5.4	5.4			9.4
03N03377	30-50	Bt2	S	4.3	5.0	5.1			9.8
03N03378	50-86	Bt3	S	4.1	4.7	5.1			9.9

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002002

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:46AM

Sampled As	:	Aimeliik
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0697

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Phosphorus				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-
					(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Phosphorus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)										KCl
				Melanic	NZ	Acid	Anion Exch Resin		Bray	Bray	Olsen	H2O	Citric	Mehlich	Extr
	Depth			Index		Oxal	Available	Capacity	1	2			Acid	III	NO3
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep		%	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mg kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
					4D8a1	4G2			4D3a1
03N03374	0-3	A1	S		60	--			0.2
03N03375	3-10	A2	S		65	--			1.0
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	S		72	--			0.4
03N03377	30-50	Bt2	S		84	--			0.1
03N03378	50-86	Bt3	S		87	--			0.2

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Trace Elements Tier 1				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-
	Depth			Ag	As	Ba	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Cu	Mn	Mo		Hg
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg		ug/kg
				4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a		4H1a
03N03374	0-3	A1	HM	0.89	--	6.63	--	--	18.92	472.40	96.53	550.47	--		98
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	HM	1.11	--	7.00	--	--	37.89	592.20	137.43	782.74	--		83

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Trace Elements Tier 2				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-
	Depth			Ni	P	Pb	Sb	Se	Sn	Sr	Tl	V	W	Zn
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	ug/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg
				4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a			4H1a	4H1a	4H1a
03N03374	0-3	A1	HM	81.60	256.88	--	25.13	1111.25	1.76			377.18	--	24.50
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	HM	108.94	237.22	--	30.12	1667.58	4.89			465.78	--	27.49

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Major Elements				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-
	Depth			Al	Ca	Fe	K	Mg	Mn	Na	P	Si	Sr	Ti	Zr
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg
				4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b		4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b
03N03374	0-3	A1	HM	148709	3265	96256	612	1624	519	211		103106	9	5353	68
03N03376	10-30	Bt1	HM	175739	319	126744	610	1207	759	113		111642	--	6895	81

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002002

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:46AM

Sampled As	:	Aimeliik
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0697

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Clay Mineralogy (<.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Elemental

EGME

Inter

SiO2

Al2O3

Fe2O3

MgO

CaO

K2O

Na2O

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

7A1a1

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

03N03374

0.0-3.0

A1

tcly

KH 3

GI 2

GE 2

HE 1

VR 1

CMIX

03N03376

10.0-30.0

Bt1

tcly

KH 3

GE 2

GI 2

HE 1

VR 1

CMIX

03N03378

50.0-86.0

Bt3

tcly

KH 2

GE 2

GI 1

HE 1

CMIX

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
tcly - Total Clay <0.002 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
GE Goethite	GI Gibbsite	HE Hematite	KH Halloysite	VR Vermiculite

RELATIVE PEAK SIZE:

5 Very Large

4 Large

3 Medium

2 Small

1 Very Small

6 No Peaks

INTERPRETATION (BY HORIZON):
CMIX - Mixed Clay

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002002

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:46AM

Sampled As	:	Aimeliik
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0697

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Sand - Silt Mineralogy (2.0-0.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Optical

EGME

Inter

Tot Re

Grain Count

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

7B1a2

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

03N03374

0.0-3.0

A1

fs

99

RA 68

GI 24

FE 4

QZ 2

OP 1

PR tr

SILI

SS tr

03N03376

10.0-30.0

Bt1

fs

99

RA 55

GI 40

FE 4

MG tr

OP tr

FK tr

SILI

QZ tr

03N03378

50.0-86.0

Bt3

fs

100

GI 55

RA 31

FE 11

OP 2

MG 1

QZ tr

SILI

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
fs - Fine Sand 0.1-0.25 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
FE Iron Oxides (Goethite	FK Potassium Feldspar	GI Gibbsite	MG Magnetite	OP Opaques
PR Pyroxene	QZ Quartz	RA Resistant Aggregates	SS Sponge Spicule

INTERPRETATION (BY HORIZON):
SILI - Siliceous