H117
Location: Cooriemungle
Australian Soil Classification: Acidic-Mottled Grey KANDOSOL or KUROSOL
General Landscape Description: Low Hill: Valley Side (Slumped Material); Hillock
Site Description: Mid Slope; Undulating (6%)
Vegetation: Pasture
Geology: Palaeogene Sediments (Gellibrand Marl)
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A1 | 0-10 cm | Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); heavy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; rough ped fabric; weak consistence, moderately moist; pH 7.0; clear change to: |  H117 Profile |
| Subsoil | |||
| B1 | 10-30 cm | Light greyish brown (10YR6/2); few, medium faint strong brown (7.5YR5/8) mottles; silty clay, fine sandy; moderate medium polyhedral structure; smooth ped fabric; weak consistence, moist; pH 5.2; gradual change to: | |
| B21 | 30-60 cm | Light greyish brown (10YR6/2); common, medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; medium clay; weak medium polyhedral/indeterminate structure; smooth ped fabric; firm consistence, moist; pH 5.0; diffuse change to: | |
| B22 | 60-95 cm | Light greyish brown (10YR6/2); common, medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; medium heavy clay; weak medium polyhedral/indeterminate structure; smooth ped fabric; firm consistence, moist; very few fine manganese flecks; pH 4.5; gradual change to: | |
| B23 | 95-105 cm | Light greyish brown (10YR6/2); common, medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR5/8) mottles; heavy clay; weak medium polyhedral/indeterminant structure; smooth ped fabric; firm consistence, wet; very few fine manganese flecks; pH 4.5 | |
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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 | 5.3 | 0.14 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.30 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 15 | <10 | 365 | 58 | 9.5 | 154 |
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 | 1.0 | 29.9 | 29.7 | 28.9 | 21.0 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Water Stable |
Profile Described By: David Rees, October 2007.
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