H154
Location: Cooriemungle
Australian Soil Classification: Melanic-Mottled Grey KANDOSOL
General Landscape Description: Alluvial Plain
Site Description: Fan (3%), Nor North East facing
Vegetation: Pasture
Geology: Quaternary Sediments derived from Neogene Sediments
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A10 | 0-8 cm | Very dark brown (10YR3/2); silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; rough ped fabric; firm consistence, moderately moist; field pH 6.0; clear change to: |  H154 Profile |
| A3 | 8-25 cm | Black (10YR2/1); common fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR5/8) mottles; light clay, fine sandy; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; rough ped fabric; firm consistence, moist; few fine gravely ferruginous concretions; field pH 5.5; clear change to: | |
| Subsoil | |||
| B1 | 25-40 cm | Brown (10YR4/3); many medium distinct yellow brown (10YR5/4) mottles; silty clay; weak coarse polyhedral / indeterminate structure; earthy fabric; firm consistence, moist; few fine gravely ferruginous concretions: field pH 5.5; clear change to: | |
| B21 | 40-70 cm | Greyish brown (10YR5/2); many coarse distinct yellow brown (10YR5/6) mottles; light clay, fine sandy; weak coarse polyhedral/ indeterminate structure; earthy fabric; firm consistence, moist;); field pH 5.5; diffuse change to: | |
| B22 | 75-100 cm | Light brownish grey (10YR6/2); many very coarse distinct yellow brown (10YR5/6) mottles; light clay, fine sandy; weak coarse polyhedral/ indeterminate structure; earthy fabric; firm consistence, wet; field pH 5.5. | |
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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 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 0.13 | 11 | 2.1 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 6.7 | 0.45 | 12 | <10 | 200 | 27 | 8 | 200 |
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 | 1.16 | 53.9 | 50.7 | 48.8 | 16.8 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Water Stable |
Profile Described By: David Rees, October 2007.
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