argillic.clay.increase.depth: Return upper boundary of argillic horizon

In aqp: Algorithms for Quantitative Pedology

Return upper boundary of argillic horizon

Description

Returns the top depth of the argillic horizon as a numeric vector.

Usage

argillic.clay.increase.depth(p, clay.attr = "clay")

Arguments

p	A single-profile SoilProfileCollection object.
clay.attr	OPTIONAL: horizon attribute name referring to clay content. default: clay

Details

Uses crit.clay.argillic to determine threshold clay increase, and get.increase.matrix to determine where increase is met within a vertical distance of 30 cm.

Value

A numeric vector containing top depth of argillic horizon, if present, or NA.

Author(s)

Andrew Gene Brown

See Also

getArgillicBounds, get.increase.matrix, crit.clay.argillic

Examples

data(sp1, package = 'aqp')
depths(sp1) <- id ~ top + bottom
site(sp1) <- ~ group

p <- sp1[1]
attr <- 'prop' # clay contents 
foo <- argillic.clay.increase.depth(p, clay.attr = attr)
foo

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