Soil-Scientific Characteristic Values 2020

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  • Soil-Scientific Characteristic Values as Word document

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  • Documentation Soil Maps and Soil Data 2015 [only in German]

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  • 01.06.1 Soil Textures

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  • 01.06.2 Utilizable Capillary Capacity of Flat-Root Plants

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  • 01.06.4 Utilizable Capillary Capacity of the Effective Root Zone

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  • 01.06.5 Humus Quantity

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  • 01.06.6 Organic Carbon Stock

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  • 01.06.7 pH Values of Topsoil

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  • 01.06.8 Sum of Exchangeable Basic Cations in the Topsoil (S Value)

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  • 01.06.9 Mean Effective Cation Exchange Capacity (KAKeff)

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  • 01.06.10 Saturated Water Permeability (kf)

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Tables

01.06.1 Soil Textures

  • Tab. 1: Soil textures and their occurrence in Berlin

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    Document: partially adopted from the KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

  • Tab. 2: Designations of coarse soil textures occurring in Berlin soils

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    Document: according to the KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

  • Tab. 3: Designations of peat textures occurring in Berlin soils

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    Document: according to the KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

01.06.2 Usable Field Capacity of Shallow-Root Plants

  • Tab. 1: Usable field capacity depending on soil texture at LD3 bulk density, according to the KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

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    Document: Umweltatlas Berlin

  • Tab. 2: Proportion of coarse soil (in vol%) for selected coarse soil textures, according to the KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

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  • Tab. 3: Supplements to usable field capacity (nFK) based on humus content, according to the KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines, averaged

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  • Tab. 4: Usable field capacity for the shallow and deep-root zones (in mm) and their evaluation

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01.06.4 Usable Field Capacity of the Effective Root Zone

  • Tab. 1: Depths of the effective root zone (in cm), by soil texture and land use, modified

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    Document: Plath-Dreetz et al. 1988

  • Tab. 2: Field capacity levels of the effective root zone

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    Document: KA5 2005 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

01.06.5 Humus Quantity

  • Tab. 1: Average humus content by land use, compiled according to Fahrenhorst et al. (1990), modified according to Kaufmann-Boll et al. (2023)

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    Document: Umweltatlas Berlin

  • Tab. 2: Humus quantity levels, according to typical amounts of Berlin soils

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    Document: Gerstenberg 2017, Kaufmann-Boll et al. 2023

01.06.6 Organic Carbon Stock

  • Tab. 1: Organic carbon stock levels

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    Document: Gerstenberg 2017, Kaufmann-Boll et al. 2023

01.06.7 pH Values of Topsoil

  • Tab. 1: pH levels

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    Document: KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

01.06.8 Sum of Exchangeable Basic Cations in the Topsoil (S Value)

  • Tab. 1: Relationship between base saturation (BS, in %) and pH value (CaCl2) of mineral soil horizons in Berlin

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    Document: Grenzius 1987

  • Tab. 2: S value levels

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    Document: Schlichting et al. 1995, Gerstenberg and Faensen-Thiebes 2005

01.06.9 Mean Effective Cation Exchange Capacity (KAKeff)

  • Tab. 1: Average KAK values of the soil textures

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    Document: KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

  • Tab. 2: pH factors for determining the effective KAK of the humus fraction

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    Document: KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

  • Tab. 3: Relationship between humus content and potential KAK expanded to include humus content ranging from 30 % to 100 %

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    Document: KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

  • Tab. 4: Effective cation exchange capacity levels, modified

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    Document: KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

01.06.10 Saturated Water Permeability (kf)

  • Tab. 1: Water permeability in saturated soil (kf) depending on soil type at a mean effective bulk density of LD3, supplemented by moderately decomposed peat (Z3) with medium substance volume (SV3).

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    Document: KA5 2005 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines

  • Tab. 2: Water permeability levels in water-saturated soil, expanded to include Level 6

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    Document: KA6 2024 Soil-Scientific Mapping Guidelines