Basal glacial till, below 110 cm, inferred age
The till beneath the profile, inferred to date from the last ice retreat.
15 to 12 kaAbernethy Forest, Strathspey, Scotland
Vault
Edaphic vault
Soil, sediment and root-zone records with depth, from one illustrative pinewood site.
5 published records. Locations are shown only as precisely as it is safe to show them.
Catalogue
5 records
Charcoal band, 40 to 50 cm, radiocarbon dated
A charcoal-rich band at the base of the bleached horizon, dated to the fourth millennium BCE.
3600 to 3300 BCEAbernethy Forest, Strathspey, Scotland
Pinewood podzol profile, Abernethy
An illustrative soil profile beneath native Scots pine: litter, bleached eluvial layer, iron pan and till.
2021Abernethy Forest, Strathspey, Scotland
Ectomycorrhizal root tips, 5 to 20 cm
Pine root tips sheathed by chanterelle mycelium sampled from the humic layer.
2021Abernethy Forest, Strathspey, Scotland
Iron pan, 60 to 70 cm
A thin cemented iron pan that perches water and roots above it.
2021Abernethy Forest, Strathspey, Scotland
Methods note
- Stratigraphic inference (T3): How an undated layer is given an inferred age from its position and the regional sequence.
Time and location rules for all vaults are on the Methods and Ethics pages.
Sources
- Chronos Terra field survey · CC BY 4.0