Port Silt Loam
Port Silt Loam is the
shales of the Permian
period.
It is a medium-textured alluvial soil deposited along flood plains. Port Silt Loam can be found in 33 of the 77 counties in Oklahoma and covers around one million acres (4,000 km2). The name comes from the small community of Port, in Washita County, and the texture of the top soil (silt loam).
See also
- Pedology (soil study)
- List of U.S. state soils
- Soil types