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
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	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	--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
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	130 pelite, agillite lutite or	!--[if !supportLists]-->131  !--[endif]-->claystone/ 1311 kaolinite bentonite		--[if !supportLists]-->132  !--[endif]-->mudstone 1312 siltstone	--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
	140 facies rocks bound	!--[if !supportLists]-->141  !--[endif]-->flysch molasse 1411 sandy flysch clayey		--[if !supportLists]-->142  !--[endif]-->1412 and silty flysch 1413 conglomeratic flysch	--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
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		--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
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		212 dolomite 2121 cavernous dolomite 2122 calcareous dolomite		--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
		213 marlstone		--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
		214 marl 2141 chalk marl 2142 gypsiferous marl		--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
		215 chalk		--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
	220 evaporites	!--[if !supportLists]-->221  !--[endif]-->gypsum		--[if !supportLists]-->222  !--[endif]-->anhydrite	--[if !supportLists]-->223  !--[endif]-->halite	--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
	230 siliceous rocks	231 chert, hornstone, flint		--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->
		232 diatomite / radiolarite		--[if !supportMisalignedRows]-->	!--[endif]-->