Profile Number 13

Laboratory number:	0951	Profile Description
Site number:	398	A1	0 - 22 cm	Dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) light clay; strong fine (5 mm) angular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; friable when moist; abundant roots, 2% quartz up to 20 mm, 10% limestone fragments up to 10 mm, some (lag) sandstone and sharp gravel; pH 7.0; clear boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) - Uf5.31 Stace et al. (1972) - Terra Rossa	B₂	22 - 80 cm	Red (2.5YR 4/6) heavy clay; strong fine (5 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; firm when moist; common roots, 1% quartz gravel up to 100 mm; pH 7.5; gradual boundary
Location:	Bairnsdale 8422, grid ref. 558158 Road cutting 3 km N of Bairnsdale	B₃	80 - 90 cm	Red (2.5YR 4/6) medium clay; strong fine (5 mm) angular blocky structure; friable when moist; common roots; pH 8.0
Land system, component:	Salt Creek, 4	C	90+ cm	Not described, pH 8.5
Topography:	Mid-slope of low hill, 14% gradient
Elevation:	20 m
Drainage:	Moderate
Parent material:	Limestone
Vegetation:	Cleared; Pteridium esculentum and mostly introduced grasses and herbs

LABORATORY ANALYSES 951
Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Particle size distribution					Atterberg limits				1:5 soil water suspension			Clay mineralogy by x-ray diffraction
Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Gravel %	Coarse sand % f.e.	fine sand % f.e.	Silt % f.e.	Clay % f.e.	liquid limit %	plastic limit %	plasticity index %	linear shrinkage %	pH	EC 25°C uS/cm	Cl- %	Depth cm	Composition %
Al B2 B3	0 - 10 30 - 60 80 - 90	C C C	2 4 6	7 2 7	37 8 10	14 3 9	38 86 72	86	33	53	17	6.3 6.8 7.5	130 65 210	0.008 0.005 0.006

Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Org. C %	Total N %	1.3C N	Free Fe₂O₃ %	Available		HCl extract		Exchangeable cations
						P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Ca	Mg	K	Na	CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na	H
						P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Milliequivalents/100g				CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na	H
Al	0 - 10	4.79	0.37	17	4.1	10	380	0.048	0.29	15.9	2.3	1.3	0.2	31.8	50	7	4	1	38
B2	30 - 60				5.8			0.030	0.53	27.3	1.8	0.5	0.5	44.6	61	4	1	1	33
B3	80 - 90				11.7			0.047	0.47	29.7	1.3	0.5	0.4	37.8	79	3	1	1	16

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