H111
Australian Soil Classification: Self-mulching Black VERTOSOL
General Landscape Description: Very gently undulating plain; volcanic plain Edge of Stony Rises
Site Description: Plain; very gently undulating (1%). Gilgaied
Vegetation: Pasture
Geology: Quaternary Basalt and Sediments
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A1O | 0-4 cm | Very dark brown (10YR2/2); light clay; moderate medium parting to fine subangular blocky structure; rough ped fabric; very firm consistence, slightly moist; pH 4.5; abrupt change to: |  H111 Profile |
| A11 | 4-20 cm | Black (7.5YR2.5/1); light medium clay; moderate medium parting to strong fine subangular blocky structure; rough ped fabric; very firm consistence, slightly moist; pH 5.5; gradual change to: | |
| Subsoil | |||
| B21 | 20-40 cm | Very dark brown (10YR2/2); medium heavy clay; strong medium prismatic parting to fine angular blocky structure; smooth ped fabric; very firm consistence, slightly moist; pH 6.0; diffuse change to: | |
| B22 | 40-70 cm | Black (10YR2/1); heavy clay; moderate coarse lenticular and prismatic parting to medium prismatic parting to fine angular blocky structure; smooth ped fabric; very firm consistence, moist; pH 6.0; diffuse change to: | |
| B23 | 70-100 cm | Black (10YR2/1); heavy clay; moderate coarse lenticular and prismatic parting to medium and fine prismatic structure; smooth ped fabric; very firm consistence, moist; pH 6.0; diffuse change to: | |
| B24 | 100-110 cm | Black (10YR2/1); heavy clay; moderate coarse lenticular and prismatic parting to medium and fine prismatic structure; smooth ped fabric; very firm consistence, moist; very few fine gravelly angular basalt; pH 6.0. | |
Chemical Properties of Upper 10 cm:
Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | Exchangeable Cations | Total Carbon % | Total Nitrogen % | Organic Matter % | Available Aluminium mg/kg | Available Potassium (Skene K) mg/kg | Phosphorous (Olsen P) mg/kg | Available Sulphur mg/kg | Phosphorous Buffering Index | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||||||||
0-10 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 0.25 | 12 | 12 | 0.78 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 0.73 | 17 | <10 | 240 | 17 | 37 | 250 |
Physical Properties of Upper 10 cm:
Depth (cm) | Bulk Density kg/L | Volumetric Water | Dispersion | Slaking | ||||||
At Saturation pF0 mL/100mL | Near Saturation pF1.0 mL/100mL | Field Capacity pF2.0 mL/100mL | Wilting Point pF4.2 mL/100mL | Dry | Remoulded | |||||
2 Hour | 20 Hour | 2 Hour | 20 Hour | |||||||
0-10 | 1.05 | 69.1 | 63.5 | 53.5 | 29.0 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Slight | Water Stable |
Profile Described By: David Rees, October 2006.
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