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Site SW55

Location: Cooriemungle.Australian Soil Classification: Melacic, Sesquic, Semiaquic PODOSOL
Great Soil Group: podzol.General Landscape Description: Convex rise on valley floor.
Geology: Quaternary alluvium derived from Hanson Plain Sand.

Image:  GP55  and 56 Landscape
Site SW55 Landscape.


Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil

A10-?Black (10YR2/1 moist, 10YR4/1 dry); sandy loam; weak medium (5-20 mm) polyhedral structure; weak consistence; abrupt and smooth change to:

Image:  GP55 Profile
Site SW55 profile. Note: Surface (A) horizon has been stripped from the soil profile.
A2?-20 cmDark greyish brown (10YR4/2 moist), conspicuously bleached (10YR8/1 dry); fine sandy clay loam; apedal, massive; weak consistence; abrupt and wavy change to:

Subsoil

B21s20-50 cmDark yellowish brown (10YR4/4 moist and 10YR6/8 dry); light sandy clay; massive; weak to firm consistence; clear and wavy change to:

B22s(h)50-80 cmBrownish yellow (10YR6/6) and Brown (10YR4/3), very dark grey (7.5YR3/1 moist) on exterior of peds and in root channels; medium heavy clay; coarse (20-50 mm) polyhedral, parting to fine medium (10-15 mm) polyhedral structure; firm consistence:

B23g80 cm+Grey (10YR5/1), yellowish brown (10YR5/6 moist) and red (2.5YR5/8 moist) mottles common in interior of peds; dark grey to black coatings on ped faces and in root channels; medium heavy clay; coarse (30-50 mm) blocky, parting to medium (10-20 mm) polyhedral structure.

Profile Described By: Mark Imhof and Richard MacEwan, April 1999.
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