Parent Material Index

List of parent materials featured in the UBC monolith collection

Identification of soil parent materials is based on visual interpretation skills, which can be developed by viewing and reviewing numerous soil pits and/or monolith photographs. Please remember that parent material properties are best observed in the relatively unaltered C horizon.

The table below will allow you to quickly locate specific types of parent materials shown on soil monoliths in the UBC’s collection. Please note that:

  1. there are no examples of glacio-lacustrine, eolian, loess, and volcanic types of parent material in the UBC’s collection and
  2. not all monoliths feature the parent material since it was too difficult to excavate it.

To see more examples of parent materials and associated landforms in their natural settings visit our web-based tool “Soil Formation and Parent Material” available at http://soilweb.landfood.ubc.ca/landscape/parent-material

List of transported parent materials featured in the UBC collection and associated modes of transportation and deposition

Water

Parent material type

Monolith no.

Alluvial (fluvial) Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-24

Alluvial (fluvial) Orthic Regosol

8-01

Alluvial (fluvial) Cumulic Regosol

8-03

Alluvial (fluvial) Cumulic Regosol

8-05

Lacustrine Gleyed Sombric Brunisol

1-03

Lacustrine Orthic Melanic Brunisol

1-04

Lacustrine Orthic Melanic Brunisol

1-07

Lacustrine Orthic Eutric Brunisol

1-11

Lacustrine Eluviated Eutric Brunisol

1-16

Lacustrine Eluviated Eutric Brunisol

1-17

Lacustrine Eluviated Eutric Brunisol

1-19

Lacustrine Orthic Black Chernozem

2-08

Lacustrine Orthic Dark Gray Chernozem

2-09

Lacustrine Rego Dark Gray Chernozem

2-12

Lacustrine Humic Luvic Gleysol

4-01

Lacustrine Orthic Humic Gleysol

4-02

Lacustrine Orthic Humic Gleysol

4-03

Lacustrine Humic Luvic Gleysol

4-04

Lacustrine Humic Luvic Gleysol

4-05

Lacustrine Orthic Humic Gleysol

4-06

Lacustrine Podzolic Gray Luvisol

5-01

Lacustrine Podzolic Gray Luvisol

5-05

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-06

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-07

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-08

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-09

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-10

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-14

Lacustrine Podzolic Gray Luvisol

5-19

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-20

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-21

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-22

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-23

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-28

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-29

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-30

Lacustrine Orthic Dark Gray Luvisol

5-31

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-32

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-34

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-36

Lacustrine Gleyed Gray Luvisol

5-37

Lacustrine Gleyed Gray Luvisol

5-38

Lacustrine Gleyed Gray Luvisol

5-39

Lacustrine Gleyed Gray Luvisol

5-40

Lacustrine Gleyed Gray Luvisol

5-41

Lacustrine Gleyed Gray Luvisol

5-42

Lacustrine Gleyed Gray Luvisol

5-43

Lacustrine Dark Gray Luvisol

5-47

Lacustrine Dark Gray Luvisol

5-49

Lacustrine Dark Gray Luvisol

5-50

Lacustrine Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-52

Lacustrine Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-53

Lacustrine Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-54

Lacustrine Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-56

Lacustrine Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-57

Lacustrine Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-61

Lacustrine Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-62

Lacustrine Terric Humisol

6-01

Lacustrine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-04

Lacustrine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-09

Lacustrine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-11

Lacustrine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-12

Lacustrine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-14

Lacustrine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-17

Lacustrine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-18

Lacustrine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-34

Lacustrine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-49

Lacustrine Orthic Regosol

8-01

Lacustrine Dark Gray Solod

9-02

Lacustrine Gray Solod

9-08

Lacustrine Gray Solod

9-10

Lacustrine Gray Solod

9-11

Lacustrine Gray Solod

9-12

Lacustrine Brown Solod

9-14

Lacustrine Brown Solod

9-15

Lacustrine Brown Solod

9-17

Lacustrine Black Solod

9-19

Lacustrine Black Solonetz

9-21

Marine Gleyed Melanic Brunisol

1-08

Marine Orthic Eutric Brunisol

1-09

Marine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-01

Marine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-02

Marine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-03

Marine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-20

Marine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-43

Marine Gleyed Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-52

Water and Ice

Parent material type

Monolith no.

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Sombric

1-01

Glacio-fluvial Eluviated Sombric Brunisol

1-02

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Melanic Brunisol

1-05

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Melanic Brunisol

1-06

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Eutric Brunisol

1-15

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Dystric Brunisol

1-20

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Dark Gray Chernozem

2-10

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Dark Gray Chernozem

2-11

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-11

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-12

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-18

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-32

Glacio-fluvial Gleyed Gray Luvisol

5-44

Glacio-fluvial Dark Gray Luvisol

5-45

Glacio-fluvial Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-55

Glacio-fluvial Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-60

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-05

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-06

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-07

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-08

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-10

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-13

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-19

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-21

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-26

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-28

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-31

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-32

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-35

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-37

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-51

Glacio-fluvial Gleyed Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-53

Glacio-fluvial Gleyed Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-55

Glacio-fluvial Orthic Regosol

8-01

Glacio-fluvial Brown Solod

9-18

Glacio-lacustrine

None

Glacio-marine Fera Humic Gleysol

4-07

Glacio-marine Orthic Gray

5-26

Glacio-marine Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-38

Ice

Parent material type

Monolith no.

Till

Orthic Eutric Brunisol

1-10

Till Orthic Eutric Brunisol

1-13

Till Orthic Eutric Brunisol

1-14

Till Eluviated Eutric Brunisol

1-18

Till Orthic Dystric Brunisol

1-20

Till Degraded Eutric Brunisol

1-21

Till Orthic Black Chernozem

2-01

Till Orthic Black Chernozem

2-02

Till Orthic Black Chernozem

2-03

Till Orthic Black Chernozem

2-05

Till Orthic Black Chernozem

2-06

Till Orthic Black Chernozem

2-07

Till Eluviated Brown Chernozem

2-13

Till Orthic Dark Brown Chernozem

2-14

Till N/A

2-15

Till Orthic Dark Gray Chernozem

2-16

Till Podzolic Gray Luvisol

5-02

Till Podzolic Gray Luvisol

5-03

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-13

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-15

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-16

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-17

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-33

Lacustrine Orthic Gray Luvisol

5-35

Lacustrine Dark Gray Luvisol

5-46

Lacustrine Dark Gray Luvisol

5-48

Lacustrine Dark Gray Luvisol

5-51

Lacustrine Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-58

Lacustrine Brunisolic Gray Luvisol

5-59

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-05

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-06

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-15

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-16

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-22

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-23

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-25

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-27

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-30

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-33

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-36

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-39

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-40

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-41

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-42

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-44

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-45

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-46

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-48

Till Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-50

Till Gleyed Humo-Ferric Podzol

7-54

Till Orthic Humic Podzol

7-56

Till Orthic Humic Podzol

7-57

Till Cumulic Regosol

8-04

Till Dark Gray Solod

9-01

Till Dark Gray Solod

9-03

Till Gray Solod

9-05

Till Gray Solod

9-06

Till Gray Solod

9-07

Till Gray Solod

9-09

Till Dark Brown Solod

9-13

Till Brown Solod

9-16

Till Dark Brown (Solonetz)

9-20

Till Orthic Black Solodized

9-22

Wind

Parent material type  

Monolith no.

Loess  

None

Volcanic  

None

Eolian  

None

Gravity

Parent material type

Monolith no.

Colluvium Orthic Regosol

8-02