Profile No. 9
Uopeaz NX,
March 8, 1958
end of Enisetok.
Coconut, Pisonita, Pandanus, grass cover,
Depression area 100 yards from Lee ridge, 390 yards from
Windward, near end of island in coarser material.
Vegetation is quite productive.
SAMPLES
Core
Radio
0-2
O-]
3-5
PH
Chem
1-2
Profile
a
3-4
7.9
A
Very biack
5-6
7.8
8B
Many roots
q-%
8.1
C¢
Cemented
4-5
6-7
8.1
OD
7”
-
bilack
Black
Cemented
/8"
Ag”
Gray coral
Rather coarse - not able to dig
deeper.
Soil is very black to hardpan.
This is the most highly
organic soil seen on islands.
Could have been a depression
area deen enough to nold water at one
time.