OR/14/025 Appendix 1
LAWLEY, R. 2014. User Guide: Soil Parent Material 1 km dataset. British Geological Survey Internal Report, OR/14/025. |
European Soil Bureau Descriptions of Parent Materials
Major Class | Group | Type | Subtype |
100 Consolidated clastic sedimentary rocks |
110 psephite or rudite | 111 conglomerate 112 breccia |
1111 pudding stone |
120 psammite or arenite |
121 sandstone 122 arkose 123 greywacke |
1211 calcareous sandstone 1212 ferruginous sandstone 1213 clayey sandstone 1214 quartzitic sandstone/orthoquartzite 1215 micaceous sandstone 1216 feldspathic sandstone 1231 feldspathic greywacke | |
130 pelite, agillite lutite or | 131 claystone/ 132 mudstone siltsone |
1311 kaolinite bentonite 1312 | |
140 facies rocks bound | 141 flysch molasse 142 |
1411 sandy flysch clayey 1412 and silty flysch 1413 conglomeratic flysch | |
200 Sedimentary rocks (chemically precipitated, evaporated, or of organogenic or biogenic origin) |
210 calcareous rocks |
211 limestone | 2111 hard limestone soft 2112 limestone marly 2113 limestone chalky 2114 limestone detrital 2115 limestone 2116 carbonaceous limestone 2117 lacustrine or freshwater limestone 2118 travertine/calcareous sinter 2119 cavernous limestone |
212 dolomite | 2121 cavernous dolomite 2122 calcareous dolomite | ||
213 marlstone | |||
214 marl | 2141 chalk marl 2142 gypsiferous marl | ||
215 chalk | |||
220 evaporites | 221 gypsum 222 anhydrite 223 halite |
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230 siliceous rocks | 231 chert, hornstone, flint | ||
232 diatomite/radiolarite |
30 igneous rocks |
310 acid to intermediate plutonic rocks | 311 granite 312 granodiorite 313 diorite 314 syenite |
3131 quartz diorite 3132 gabbro diorite | |||||
320 basic plutonic rocks | 321 gabbro | |||||||
330 ultrabasic plutonic rocks | 331 peridotite 332 pyroxenite |
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340 acid to intermediate volcanic rocks | 341 rhyolite 342 dacite |
3411 obsidian quartz 3412 porphyrite | ||||||
343 andesite 344 phonolite 345 trachyte |
3431 porphyrite (interm.) 3441 tephritic phonolite | |||||||
350 basic to | 351 | basalt | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | ||||
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ultrabasic | !--[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | ||||||
volcanic rocks | 352 | diabase | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | ||||
353 | pikrite | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |||||
360 | dike rocks | 361
362
363 |
aplite pegmatite lamprophyre | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |||
370 | pyroclastic | 371 | tuff / | 3711 | agglomoratic tuff | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |
rocks (tephra) | tuffstone | 3712 | block tuff | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |||
3713 | lapilli tuff | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |||||
372 | tuffite | 3721 | sandy tuffite | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |||
3722 | silty tuffite | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |||||
373 | volcanic scoria | 3723 | clayey tuffite | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |||
374 | volcanic | !--[endif]--> | ||||||
breccia | !--[endif]--> | |||||||
375 volcanic ash | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | ||||||
376 ignimbrite pumice | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | ||||||
400
Metamorphic rocks |
410 | weakly metamorphic rocks | 411
412 |
(meta‐)shale / argillite slate | 4121 | graphitic slate | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> |
420 | acid regional metamorphic rocks | 421
422
423
424
425
426 |
(meta‐
)quartzite phyllite mica schist gneiss granulite (sensu stricto) migmatite |
4211 | quartzite schist | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |
430 | basic regional metamorphic rocks | 431 | greenschist | 4311
4312
4313 |
prasinite chlorite schist talc schist | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |
432 amphibolite
433 eclogite |
--[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | ||||||
440 | ultrabasic regional metamorphic rocks | 441 | serpentinite | 4411 | greenstone | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |
450 | calcareous | 451 | marble | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |||
regional | 452 | calcschist, | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | ||||
metamorphic | skarn | --[if !supportMisalignedRows]--> | !--[endif]--> | |||||
rocks | !--[endif]--> |