Parent Material Index: Ice

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 tables provided in the pages under the Parent Material Index category 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 [ ].

The tables below show transported parent materials featured in the UBC collection that are associated with ice as the mode of transportation and deposition.

Click the links on the table of contents below to jump to the table of a specific parent material type.

Till

Parent Material TypeSoil Classification CategoryMonolith No.
TillOrthic Eutric Brunisol1-10
TillOrthic Eutric Brunisol1-13
TillOrthic Eutric Brunisol1-14
TillEluviated Eutric Brunisol1-18
TillOrthic Dystric Brunisol1-20
TillDegraded Eutric Brunisol1-21
TillOrthic Black Chernozem2-01
TillOrthic Black Chernozem2-02
TillOrthic Black Chernozem2-03
TillOrthic Black Chernozem2-05
TillOrthic Black Chernozem2-06
TillOrthic Black Chernozem2-07
TillEluviated Brown Chernozem2-13
TillOrthic Dark Brown Chernozem2-14
TillN/A2-15
TillOrthic Dark Gray Chernozem2-16
TillPodzolic Gray Luvisol5-02
TillPodzolic Gray Luvisol5-03
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-05
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-06
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-15
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-16
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-22
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-23
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-25
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-27
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-30
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-33
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-36
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-39
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-40
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-41
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-42
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-44
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-45
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-46
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-48
TillOrthic Humo-Ferric Podzol7-50
TillGleyed Humo-Ferric Podzol7-54
TillOrthic Humic Podzol7-56
TillOrthic Humic Podzol7-57
TillCumulic Regosol8-04
TillDark Gray Solod9-01
TillDark Gray Solod9-03
TillGray Solod9-05
TillGray Solod9-06
TillGray Solod9-07
TillGray Solod9-09
TillDark Brown Solod9-13
TillBrown Solod9-16
TillDark Brown Solonetz9-20
TillOrthic Black Solodized9-22

Lacustrine

Parent Material TypeSoil Classification CategoryMonolith No.
LacustrineOrthic Gray Luvisol5-13
LacustrineOrthic Gray Luvisol5-15
LacustrineOrthic Gray Luvisol5-16
LacustrineOrthic Gray Luvisol5-17
LacustrineOrthic Gray Luvisol5-33
LacustrineOrthic Gray Luvisol5-35
LacustrineDark Gray Luvisol5-46
LacustrineDark Gray Luvisol5-48
LacustrineDark Gray Luvisol5-51
LacustrineBrunisolic Gray Luvisol5-58
LacustrineBrunisolic Gray Luvisol5-59