Gley soils may be sticky and hard to work, especially where the gleying is caused by surface water, held up on a slowly permeable layer.
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It is predominantly of a brown forest soil type with some gleying, the lower parts being formed from raised beach sands and gravels derived from Old Red Sandstone and lavas.
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"' Groundwater gley soils "'develop where drainage is poor because the water table ( phreatic surface ) is high, whilst "'Surface-water gleying "'occurs when precipitation inputs at the surface do not drain freely through the ground.
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