Dear Authors

Many thanks for responding positively to the reviewers. I look forward to receiving your revised manuscript. It would be helpful if you could identify where you have made changes in an accompanying document.

With best wishes

John Quinton
SOIL Executive Editor

Dear Peter

I enjoyed reading you paper.

Many thanks for engaging constructively with the review process and for the summary of how you have addressed the referees comment which I have reviewed this morning. The only issue I have with the paper concerns figure 2b which represents 54 soil profiles in a single line. Could you add some error bars to the figure so that we have an impression of the variability of pH down the profile? This would also help to support your argument that the profiles in this area might be more widely representative of soil properties in the region.
Once I have the revised manuscript I will pass the paper to the Executive Editor for a final decision.

With best wishes

John Quinton
SOIL Executive Editor acting as Topical Editor for this manuscript

Dear Peter

Thanks for the speedy turnaround. I'll now pass your manuscript on the the Executive Editor

Many thanks for submitting your work to SOIL.

All the best

John

Dear authors, it is a pleasure for me to communicate that your manuscript has been accepted for publication in SOIL.

Many thanks for consider SOIL as the journal where publish your interesting research results

Sincerely

Jorge Mataix-Solera
Executive Editor of SOIL