GBR BGS Parent Material Soil texture simple

These generalised soil texture groupings are derived by comparing samples of measured soil textures (%clay, %silt and %sand) against a simplified soil grain-size ternary plot based on DEFRA: Cross Compliance Guidance for Soil Management 2006 and shown below. Note that this map uses terms that refer to Light soils (i.e. sand/silt rich), Medium soils (i.e. loams) and Heavy soils (i.e. clay rich). The classifications are based on analyses of archive GBase and geotechnical samples as well as expert judgment (where sample data is not available). Most parent materials generate a broad range of soil texture so these groupings should be regarded as 'indicative'. The 'Mixed or Organic' classification denotes highly variably textured soils or the presence of Peat (for which no texture data available).

Date (Revision): 2022-04-08T08:34:54

Status: Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Garry Baker	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact

Theme

Soil
Soil texture
OneGeology
continent@Europe
subcontinent@Northern Europe
geographicarea@United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dataprovider@British Geological Survey
serviceprovider@British Geological Survey
DS_TOPIC@geoscientificinformation
DS_DATE@2022
thematic@Soil
thematic@Pedology
thematic@Erosion
Map
Geology
Soil
Parent material
Soil texture simple

Denominator: 47247.023810

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Reference system identifier: CRS:84

Reference system identifier: EPSG:4326

Reference system identifier: EPSG:4258

Reference system identifier: EPSG:27700

Reference system identifier: EPSG:3857

Distribution format

Name	Version

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map	https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer?	Parent.Material.Soil.texture.simple
application/xml	http://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/en/csw?SERVICE=CSW&REQUEST=GetRecordById&ID=9df8df52-d6bd-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98&elementSetName=full&OutputSchema=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&	Parent.Material.Soil.texture.simple (MetadataURL)
image/png	https://map.bgs.ac.uk/BGS_WMS/legends/soilproperties/pm_soil_texture_simple.png	Parent Material Soil texture simple (LegendURL)