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Calcaric material (WRB 2022 Ch 3.3.3): \>= 2% CaCO3 throughout the fine earth, primary carbonates from the parent material.

Source: R/diagnostics-materials-wrb-v033.R
calcaric_material.Rd

v0.9.315: WRB 2022 Ch 3.3.3 (p. 86), the material "contains >= 2 carbonate equivalent" and "shows visible effervescence with 1 M HCl throughout the fine earth". Each layer is read as the Calcaric qualifier reads it (since v0.9.311): the CaCO3 equivalent decides where it is recorded (caco3_pct >= min_caco3_pct), otherwise the field reaction (effervescence_class: moderate or stronger is visible effervescence, none and slight are not). Before v0.9.315 only caco3_pct was read, so a profile described with the HCl reaction alone was never calcaric. TRUE when some layer is calcaric material, FALSE when every layer is not, NA otherwise.

Usage

calcaric_material(pedon, min_caco3_pct = 2)

Arguments

pedon

A PedonRecord.

min_caco3_pct

Numeric threshold or option (see Details).

Value

A DiagnosticResult recording whether the diagnostic is present, the qualifying layers, and the supporting evidence.