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Floatic qualifier (fc): Histosol that floats on water.

Source: R/qualifiers-wrb2022-v0933.R
qual_floatic.Rd

WRB 2022 Ch 5 / Ch 4 Histosols (p 96): organic material with very low bulk density (< 0.1 g/cm3 dry, OR < 0.4 g/cm3 in fully saturated state) that floats on water. Practical proxy: oc_pct >= 12 (Histic threshold) AND bulk_density_g_cm3 <= 0.4 in any layer of the upper 100 cm.

Usage

qual_floatic(pedon)

Arguments

pedon

A PedonRecord.

Value

A DiagnosticResult.