H115
Location: Cooriemungle
Australian Soil Classification: Humose-Parapanic Humic/ Humosesquic Semiaquic PODOSOL
General Landscape Description: Dissected Plain, Valley
Site Description: Upper Slope; Rolling (14%)
Vegetation: Pasture
Geology: Neogene Sediments
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A1 | 0-20 cm | Black (5Y2.5/1); light sandy loam; moderate medium polyhedral structure; rough ped fabric; weak consistence, moderately moist; pH 5.7; clear change to: |  H115 Profile |
| A2e | 20-40 cm | Dark brown (10YR4/3); greyish brown (10YR5/2d); few faint yellowish brown (10YR5/6) mottles; heavy loamy sandy; weak medium polyhedral structure; rough ped fabric; very weak consistence, moderately moist; pH 4.5; abrupt change to: | |
| Subsoil | |||
| B21(h) | 40-50 cm | Black (10YR2/1); light clay, sandy; moderate medium parting to fine subangular blocky structure; smooth ped fabric; weak consistence, moist; pH 4.0; clear change to: | |
| B22(hs) | 50-65 cm | Very dark brown (10YR2/2); silty clay loam, sandy; common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR5/6) mottles; moderate medium parting to fine subangular blocky structure; smooth ped fabric; firm consistence, moist; few fine gravely ferruginous concretions; pH 4.0; clear change to: | |
| B3(s)/C | 65-105 cm | Very dark brown (10YR2/2); sandy clay loam, gritty; common medium distinct black (10YR2/1) mottles; weak to apedal (massive) structure; earthy fabric; firm consistence, moist; many fine gravely to gravely ferruginous concretions and/or ferruginised sandstone; pH 5.5. | |
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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 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 0.18 | 14 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 10 | 0.72 | 19 | 10 | 490 | 67 | 15 | 80 |
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 | 1.03 | 57.0 | 53.4 | 52.0 | 20.2 | Minimal Aggregation | ||||
Profile Described By: David Rees, October 2007.
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