Table III.
Composition of reprosentative sot] types from Rongelap Atoll (after Kemdy 1962).
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Kabelle Sand, a young soil
Sell Depth « inahes
Per Cont Material => 2 mm
Fer Cont Nitrogen
Per Cent Organise Matter
*Wohange Capacity
* Sedtum
* Magnesium
9-1
bi
0.02
1-57
4.01
G1
603
3.02
© Doe eeium
epherus (pe)
pH
8
9.22
1437
* Colosum
1.11
0.57
30.0
8.3
~063
1.04
2.88
0.15
12,0
Sel
12-38
2
0.01
2.6
Oel
1.87
1.16
2.65
0.20
12.0
9.2
Lomuiial Sand, an old evi
Soil Depth =inohes
Por Cent
Per Cont
Per Cent
* Exohange
© Sodium
Material >> 2 om
Nitrogen
Organio Matter
Capacity
* Magnesium
© Calofum
* Potassium
9-3
0
0,29
2.8
14,2
5
0.07
2.3
2.3
10-12
18
0.08
2.2
2.6
2573
4.66
0.73
8.36
0.62
1.05
1,99
0.18
0.19
5.02
hroepherus (ypa)
4219
105.9
Bu
1.87
151
8.6
2,50
Wael
8.3
12-21
12
218
2
0.0%
1.9
lel
0.02
1.7
006
2.32
2035
0.82
0.85
0.16
5.0
8.8
.-
'
0.84
0.83
0.16
5.0
9.2
Gogan Gravelly Sandy Loam, an old soil
Depth
Por Cent
Per Cent
Per Cent
* Ixchange
* Sodium
Material => 2 ms
Nitregen
Organic Matter
Capacity
* Magnenium
© Calcium
© Petasedizn
-
Pheaphopus (ppm)
pu
*
if
Q-)
1-5
5n12
12-20
20-26
10
1.54
20
1.96
20
Oke
27
0.18
39
0.07
56
0205
6.8
2.6
2.6
6.2
707
7.8
21.4
-_
5.9
20.5
2.0
79
49.6
3.0
7.4
17.9
0.6
4.0
=e
le
eae
10.3
Med
14.2
72
0.4
202
=e
1930.4
692.8
428.5
216.3
o4
Jel
709
8.2
2.6
Od
1.2
aon
150.6
8.
17
04
1.1
ae
2502
°
meq per 100 gm dry soil
1S