H156
Location: Cooriemungle
Australian Soil Classification: Mottled Grey DERMOSOL
General Landscape Description: Hil
Site Description: Lower to Mid South Facing Slope (7%)
Vegetation: Pasture
Geology: Palaeogene Sediments (Gellibrand Marl)
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A1 | 0-15 cm | Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); light clay, fine sandy; strong fine subangular blocky structure; rough ped fabric; weak consistence, moderately moist; field pH 5.5; clear change to: |  H156 Profile |
| A3 | 15-30 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); few medium faint yellow brown (10YR5/6) mottles; light medium clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; rough ped fabric; firm consistence, moist; field pH 5.5; clear change to: | |
| Subsoil | |||
| B21 | 30-50 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); common medium faint yellow brown (10YR5/6) mottles; medium clay; weak coarse polyhedral / indeterminate parting to moderate fine structure; smooth ped fabric; firm consistence, moist; field pH 5.0; gradual change to: | |
| B22 | 50-75 cm | Greyish brown (10YR5/2); many coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles; medium clay; weak coarse polyhedral/ indeterminate parting to moderate fine structure; smooth ped fabric; very firm consistence, moist; field pH 5.0; diffuse change to: | |
| B23 | 75-100 cm | Light grey (10YR6/1); many coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles; medium clay; weak coarse polyhedral/ indeterminate parting to moderate fine structure; smooth ped fabric; very firm consistence, moist; field pH 4.5 | |
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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 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 10 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.77 | 7.3 | 0.51 | 14 | <10 | 410 | 74 | 23 | 260 |
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 | 0.88 | 67.8 | 56.9 | 48.6 | 16.9 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Water Stable |
Profile Described By: David Rees, October 2007.
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