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Soil Name File
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MDEP - Mode of Deposition
MDEP1, MDEP2, MDEP3
MDEP1 may be - if KIND is N or U.
MDEP2 and MDEP3 may be -.
Otherwise, the list for MDEPx is as follows:
- Not Applicable
ANTH Anthropogenic
COLL Colluvial
EOLI Eolian
FLEO Fluvioeolian
FLLC Fluviolacustrine
FLUV Fluvial
FNPT Fen Peat
FOPT Forest Peat
GLFL Glaciofluvial
GLLC Glaciolacustrine
GLMA Glaciomarine
LACU Lacustrine
LATL Lacustro-Till
MARI Marine
RESD Residual
SAPR Saprolite
SEPT Sedimentary Peat
SPPT Sphagnum Peat
TILL Till (Morainal)
UNDM Undifferentiated mineral
UNDO Undifferentiated organic
VOLC Volcanic
Bedrock Code
RKUD Bedrock, undifferentiated
RKIA Igneous, acidic bedrock (dominantly granite)
RKIB Igneous, basic bedrock (dominantly basalt)
RKIC Igneous, basic coarse bedrock (coarse grained basalts)
RKIF Igneous, basic fine grained bedrock (dominantly andesites)
RKCA Calcareous bedrock (dominantly sandstone and shale)
RKLS Limestone bedrock (limestone and dolomite)
RKSH Shale bedrock
RKSS Sandstone bedrock
RKSM Siltstone and mudstone bedrock
RKSP Schist and phyllite bedrock
RKSA Slate bedrock
RKQU Quartzite bedrock
RKGN Gneiss bedrock