*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002004

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Nov 23 2024 5:48PM

Sampled as on Apr 16, 2003:	Ngardmau
Revised to correlated:	Ngardmau ; Very-fine, parasesquic, isohyperthermic Oxic Dystrudepts

				United States Department of Agriculture
SSL	-	Project	C2003USPW112   REPUBLIC OF PALAU	Natural Resources Conservation Service
	-	Site ID	S03PW002004   Lat: 7° 26' 4.88" north  Long: 134° 31' 21.58" east  MLRA: 193	National Soil Survey Center
	-	Pedon No.	03N0699	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
03N03382	A	A	0-4	S03PW-002-004-1			SIL	SCL
03N03383	Bo	Bo	4-17	S03PW-002-004-2			SIC	SC
03N03384	2Bt1	2Bt1	17-39	S03PW-002-004-3			C	C
03N03385	2Bt2	2Bt2	39-60	S03PW-002-004-4			C	C

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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
03N03382	0-4	A	S	scl	33.6	13.2	53.2	13.0		11.6	1.6	1.8	3.9	8.1	17.7	21.7	12	27	--	70	39
03N03383	4-17	Bo	S	sc	37.0	14.0	49.0	13.8		11.8	2.2	1.8	4.1	6.6	20.7	15.8	10	27	--	67	37
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	S	c	57.2	21.7	21.1	17.8		19.1	2.6	3.2	4.3	6.1	6.0	1.5	4	5	--	25	9
03N03385	39-60	2Bt2	S	c	51.1	26.5	22.4	17.5		23.0	3.5	3.4	4.5	5.5	6.4	2.6	3	12	--	31	15

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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
03N03382	0-4	A	S	1.13	1.27	0.031			24.5	17.7		1.037		0.06		0.52	0.53
03N03383	4-17	Bo	S	1.26	1.34	0.016			22.6	17.6		1.029		0.05		0.22	0.48
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	S	1.09	1.30	0.058			44.1	27.8		1.032		0.17		0.10	0.49
03N03385	39-60	2Bt2	S	1.11	1.23	0.032			43.6	33.6		1.030		0.10		0.10	0.66

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002004

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Nov 23 2024 5:48PM

Sampled As	:	Ngardmau
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0699

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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
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	S	68	22

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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
03N03382	0-4	A	S	5.62	0.22	0.06	5.6		26	4.4	1.2	tr	0.23	0.20	0.04	0.21	0.01	--
03N03383	4-17	Bo	S	2.66	0.16	0.05	2.7		16	4.3	1.3	--	0.24	0.07	0.09	0.19	0.01	--
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	S	1.21	0.12	0.08	1.2		10	4.3	1.7	0.1	0.22	0.16	0.03	0.20	0.01	--
03N03385	39-60	2Bt2	S	0.56	0.08	0.10	0.6		7	4.3	1.7	0.1	0.21	--	0.02	0.20	0.02	314.5

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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
03N03382	0-4	A	S	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	2.5	28.8	2.3	3.0	31.3	17.6	4.8	48	8	14
03N03383	4-17	Bo	S	0.1	0.2	0.2	tr	0.5	18.3	1.9	0.5	18.8	8.1	2.4	79	3	6
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	S	tr	tr	0.2	--	0.2	13.1	0.8	0.3	13.3	5.8	1.0	80	2	3
03N03385	39-60	2Bt2	S	tr	tr	0.2	--	0.2	12.8	0.3	0.3	13.0	5.2	0.5	60	2	4

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002004

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Nov 23 2024 5:48PM

Sampled As	:	Ngardmau
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0699

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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 - -)

%

03N03382

0-4

A

S

1

03N03383

4-17

Bo

S

2

03N03384

17-39

2Bt1

S

4

03N03385

39-60

2Bt2

S

4

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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
03N03382	0-4	A	S	3.9	4.3	4.9			8.7
03N03383	4-17	Bo	S	4.1	4.8	4.8			9.0
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	S	4.7	5.1	5.1			9.7
03N03385	39-60	2Bt2	S	4.8	5.2	5.1			9.8

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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
03N03382	0-4	A	S		49	--			2.2
03N03383	4-17	Bo	S		47	--			0.8
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	S		67	--			0.1
03N03385	39-60	2Bt2	S		68	--			0.3

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002004

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Nov 23 2024 5:48PM

Sampled As	:	Ngardmau
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0699

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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
03N03382	0-4	A	HM	0.70	--	9.57	--	--	6.56	1032.30	55.94	262.18	--		108
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	HM	0.93	--	9.63	--	--	7.55	665.26	85.36	421.54	--		80

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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
03N03382	0-4	A	HM	42.77	178.30	--	42.01	1997.63	4.64			473.92	--	11.27
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	HM	37.54	114.44	--	20.84	2618.72	6.09			587.06	--	12.35

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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
03N03382	0-4	A	HM	199126	238	97764	188	622	241	83		74155	2	4155	59
03N03384	17-39	2Bt1	HM	181241	--	131756	164	571	398	81		112061	--	7314	84

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S03PW002004

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Nov 23 2024 5:48PM

Sampled As	:	Ngardmau
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0699

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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

03N03382

0.0-4.0

A

tcly

GI 3

KH 2

GE 2

HE 1

VR 1

CMIX

03N03384

17.0-39.0

2Bt1

tcly

KH 2

GI 2

GE 2

HE 1

CMIX

03N03385

39.0-60.0

2Bt2

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: S03PW002004

( Aimeliik, Palau )

Print Date: Nov 23 2024 5:48PM

Sampled As	:	Ngardmau
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  03N0699

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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

03N03382

0.0-4.0

A

fs

100

RA 53

GI 38

FE 5

OP 3

MG 1

GS tr

SILI

PR tr

QZ tr

03N03384

17.0-39.0

2Bt1

fs

100

RA 56

GI 30

FE 12

MG 1

OP 1

QZ tr

SILI

03N03385

39.0-60.0

2Bt2

fs

99

RA 43

FE 29

GI 25

OP 2

MG tr

SILI

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
fs - Fine Sand 0.1-0.25 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
FE Iron Oxides (Goethite	GI Gibbsite	GS Glass	MG Magnetite	OP Opaques
PR Pyroxene	QZ Quartz	RA Resistant Aggregates

INTERPRETATION (BY HORIZON):
SILI - Siliceous