H151
Location: Cooriemungle
Australian Soil Classification: Melacic-Mottled Grey DERMOSOL/HYDROSOL
General Landscape Description: Alluvial Plain, Flood Plain
Site Description: Palaeo-channel, depression (1%)
Vegetation: Pasture
Geology: Quaternary Sediments
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A10 | 0-10 cm | Black (2.5Y2.5/1); silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure structure; rough ped fabric; weak consistence, moist; many fine roots present; field pH 5.5; abrupt change to: |  H151 Profile |
| A11 | 10-30 cm | Very dark grey (10YR3/1); few fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4) mottles; light clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; rough ped fabric; weak consistence, moist; field pH 5.5; clear change to: | |
| Subsoil | |||
| B1 | 30-40 cm | Very dark grey (10YR3/1); common medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4) mottles; light clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; rough ped fabric; firm consistence, moist; very few fine gravely ferruginous nodules; field pH 5.0; clear change to: | |
| B21 | 40-65 cm | Dark grey (10YR4/1); many medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4) mottles; light clay, fine sandy; moderate medium polyhedral structure; smooth ped fabric; very firm consistence, moist; field pH 5.0; clear change to: | |
| B22 | 65-90 cm | Dark grey (7.5YR4/1); many medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4) mottles; light clay, fine sandy; moderate coarse polyhedral/ indeterminate structure; smooth ped fabric; firm consistence, wet; field pH 5.0; clear change to: | |
| B23 | 90-105 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); many coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4) mottles; light clay, fine sandy; weak coarse polyhedral/ indeterminate structure; smooth ped fabric; firm consistence, wet; field pH 5.0 | |
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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 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 0.21 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 0.88 | 9.8 | 0.71 | 18 | 62 | 240 | 51 | 15 | 420 |
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 | 0.86 | 64.3 | 61.6 | 54.2 | 19.7 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Partial |
Profile Described By: David Rees, October 2007.
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