Your gateway to a wide range of natural resources information and associated maps

Victorian Resources Online

  1. Victorian Resources Online
    1. Catchment Management Regions
      1. Corangamite Region
        1. Landform
        2. Land Use
        3. Soil
        4. Land and Water Management
          1. Declared Special Water Supply Catchment Areas
          2. Land Degradation
          3. Invasive Plants
          4. Heytesbury Soil and Land Management
          5. Salinity Mangagement
  2. Soil and Land Survey Directory
  3. VRO Sitemap
  4. VRO Feedback

Site SW45

Location: Brucknell.Australian Soil Classification: Vertic (& Sodic), Hypocalcic, Brown CHROMOSOL
General Landscape Description: Level plain.Mapping Unit: Unit 145 (Maher and Martin, 1987).
Site Description: Grazing paddock (dairy).Geology: Tertiary - Moorabool Viaduct Formation.

Image: SW45 Landscape
Site SW45 Landscape


Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil

A10-15 cmVery dark brown (10YR2/2); fine sandy clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; weak to firm consistence moist; pH 6.1; clear change to:

Image: SW45 Profile
Site SW45 Profile
Subsoil

B115-35 cmBrown (10YR5/3) with a common amount of yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; fine sandy light clay; moderate medium blocky structure; firm consistence moist; contains a few (5%) ferruginous nodules (2-4 mm in size); pH 6.7; gradual change to:

B2135-60 cmYellowish brown (10YR5/4) with a common amount of lighter yellowish brown (10YR5/6) mottles; light medium clay; moderate coarse blocky, parting to strong medium polyhedral structure; firm consistence moist; pH 7.3; gradual change to:

B2260-80 cmLight yellowish brown (2.5Y6/4) with a common amount of brownish yellow (10YR6/6) mottles; light medium clay; strong coarse blocky, parting to strong medium polyhedral structure; contains a few (5%) ferruginous nodules (2-5 mm in size); pH 7.6; gradual change to:

B3k80+ cmLight grey (2.5Y7/0) with a common amount of brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles; medium clay; strong very coarse lenticular, parting to strong very fine lenticular structure; contains a few (5%) carbonate/silica nodules (up to 90 mm in size); pH 8.4.

Key Profile Features:


Key Profile Characteristics:

pH
Salinity Rating
Surface
(A1 horizon)
Slightly Acid
Very Low
Non-Sodic
None
Subsoil
(B21 horizon)
Slightly Alkaline
Very Low
Non-Sodic
None
Deeper subsoil
(at 80+ cm)
Moderately Alkaline
Low
Sodic
None
Image: SW45 PH
Image: SW45 Salinity
The surface is slightly acid. The subsoil is slightly alkaline becoming moderately alkaline at 80 cm depth.
The salinity rating is very low to low throughout the profile.
Image: SW45 Sodicity
Image: SW45 Clay
The surface and upper subsoil is non-sodic. The subsoil becomes marginally sodic at 50 cm depth.
The clay content gradually increases with depth.
Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
pH
CaCl2
EC
1:5
NaCl
%
Exchangeable Cations
Ca
Mg
K
Na
meq/100g
A1
0.15
6.1
5.3
0.08
18
1.7
0.2
0.2
B1
15-35
6.7
5.7
0.06
8
1.6
0.2
0.2
B21
35-60
7.3
6.5
0.1
9.7
1.8
0.2
0.6
B22
60-80
7.6
6.9
0.15
11
1.7
0.2
0.9
B3k
80+
8.4
7.9
0.35
0.04
13
2
0.2
1.5

Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
Field
Capacity
pF2.5
Wilting
Point
pF4.2
Coarse Sand
(0.2-2.0 mm)
Fine Sand
(0.02-0.2 mm)
Silt
(0.002-0.02 mm)
Clay
(<0.002 mm)
A1
0.15
30.9
17.5
13
41
7
26
B1
15-35
24.9
13.5
14
41
8
34
B21
35-60
32.4
19.5
12
30
6
51
B22
60-80
36.8
22.4
11
24
5
59
B3k
80+
39.2
23.6
9
22
3
63


Profile Described By: Mark Imhof and Austin Brown, August 1998.
Page top

For information about DJPR please contact:

Phone: 136 186

National Relay Service: 133 677 or relayservice.gov.au

Email: customer.service@ecodev.vic.gov.au

Online: Contact us

Copyright

Privacy

Disclaimer

Accessibility
Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions - Government of Victoria

© State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria) 1996 - .

Creative Commons License

This work, Victorian Resources Online, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. You are free to re-use the work under that licence, on the condition that you credit the State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria) as author, indicate if changes were made and comply with the other licence terms.


The licence does not apply to ‘branding’ or some ‘images or photographs’ that may be owned by third parties. We ask you to seek prior approval to use images using the VRO feedback form. Access to higher quality images can also be provided on request.


This page was last updated on .