Soils of the Doukhobor (former CCUB) lands of British Columbia
department or school: Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Van Ryswyk, Albert L.
issued: 2012-02-09T20:51:48Z
issued: 1955
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The soils of the Doukhobor lands of British Columbia were studied as a part of a research project undertaken by faculty members of the University of British Columbia at the request of the Attorney General of the Province. These lands comprise about 18,872 acres that occur in 16 parcels or communities in two general areas, 5327 acres near Grand Forks and 13,545 acres in the West Kootenay area. Soil surveys of these areas were conducted during the summers of 1951 and 1952. They were traversed by automobile and on foot and the soil type boundaries and related information plotted on aerial photographs of the scale of about one mile to 13 inches. From these photographs, soil maps were prepared of the scale of 400 feet to the inch. In the course of the field operations bulk and undisturbed soil profile samples were collected from the more important soil types and test were conducted relative to infiltration rates and field moisture capacities. The soil profile samples were used in the laboratory during the winters for the determination of soil reaction, organic carbon, nitrogen, mechanical composition, apparent specific gravity, pore size distribution, permanent wilting percentage and other properties. The more important soils of the valleys at Grand Forks were found to belong to the Black soil group while those in the West Kootenay were classed as Brown Podzolio. Small areas of Glei soils were also found. The soil parent materials were chiefly alluvium, glacial till and till derivatives and alluvial fan. From this information soil series were tentatively named and described. The Black soils have reactions ranging from about pH 7 in the A₁ horizon to pH 8.5 in the 0 horizon where free lime occurred. In reaction the Brown Podzolio soils were acid in all horizons and free lime was characteristically absent. The organic carbon content of the Black soils was significantly higher and the carbon to nitrogen ratio narrower than that of the Brown Podzolio soils. The mechanical an…
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note: SOILS OF THE DOUKHOBOR (FORMER COUB) LANDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA by ALBERT L. VAN RYSWYK A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE i n the Department of S o i l Science We accept t h i s t h e s i s as conforming to the standard r e q u i r e d from candidates f o r the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE Members of the Department of THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA October, 1955 11 S o i l s of the Doukhobor (Former CCUB) Lands of B r i t i s h Columbia A b s t r a c t The s o i l s of the Doukhobor lands of B r i t i s h Columbia were s t u d i e d as a p a r t of a researc h p r o j e c t undertaken by f a c u l t y members of the U n i v e r s i t y of B r i t i s h Columbia at the request of the Attorney General of the P r o v i n c e . ' These lands comprise about 12,0*72 acres that occur i n 16 p a r c e l s or communities i n two gener-a l areas, 5£27 aores near Grand Forks and 13,5^5 aores i n the West Kootenay area. S o i l surveys of these areas were conducted during the summers of 1953- and 1952* They were t r a v e r s e d by automobile and on fo o t and the s o i l type boundaries and r e l a t e d i n f o r m a t i o n p l o t t e d on a e r i a l photographs of the sc a l e of about one mile to 13 inches. From these photographs, s o i l maps were prepared of the scale of hoo f e e t to the Inch. I n the course of the f i e l d operations bulk and undisturbed s o i l p r o f i l e samples were c o l l e c t e d from the more important s o i l types and test6 were conducted r e l a t i v e to i n f i l t r a t i o n r a t e s and f i e l d moisture c a p a c i t i e s . The s o i l p r o f i l e samples were used i n the i l l laboratory during the winters f or the determination of s o i l reaction, organic carbon, nitrogen, mechanical composition, apparent speoiflo gravity, pore size d i s t r i b u t i o n , permanent w i l t i n g percentage and other properties. The more i…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0106366
language: eng
degree discipline: Soil Science
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40598