Profile Number 28

Laboratory number:	0942	Profile Description
Site number:	389	A_ll	0 - 3 cm	Very dark grey (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; common distinct yellowish brown (5 - 15 mm) mottles; moderate medium (10 mm) subangular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; porous; slightly hard when thy; abundant grass roots; pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) - Uf6.41	A_l2	3 - 20 cm	Very dark grey (10YR 3/1) medium clay; common distinct yellowish brown (5 - 15 mm) mottles; moderate prismatic (80 mm) structure; rough-ped fabric; porous; very hard when dry; common grass roots; pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary
Location:	Stace et al. (1972) - Humic Gley Traralgon 8221, grid ref. 898837 11 km NE of Rosedale	B₂	20 - 60 cm	Dark grey (2.5Y 4/1) heavy clay; common prominent yellowish brown (5 - 15 mm) mottles; strong medium (10 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; porous; very firm when moist; few roots; irregular boundary
Land system, component:	Nambrok, 2	B₃	60 - 115 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) heavy clay; common prominent grey (<5 mm) mottles; strong fine (5 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist; few roots; pH 9.5; clear wavy boundary
Topography:	Drainage depression on alluvial terrace, 0% slope	C	115 - 150 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) heavy clay; common prominent grey (5 - 15 mm) mottles; moderate coarse (20 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist; few roots; pH 9.5
Elevation:	20 m
Drainage:	Poor
Parent material:	Pleistocene fine-textured alluvium
Vegetation:	Cleared; mostly grasses, rushes and sedges
Remarks:	Watertable at 174 cm at time of sampling (July)

LABORATORY ANALYSES 942
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 %
All Al2 B2 B3 C	0 - 3 10 - 20 30 - 60 60 - 90 120 - 150	SiC SiC SiC C SiC	1 0 0 1 1	1 <1 1 1 <1	12 10 7 5 4	34 36 27 23 29	41 49 63 70 66	59 15	44	14	5.8 8.1 9.3 9.2 8.5	830 530 1400 1400 480	0.10 0.059 0.15 0.15 0.051

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
All	0 - 3	6.63	0.57	15	1.3	68	420	0.047	0.51	3.9	8.2	1.6	3.9	33.7	12	24	5	12	47
Al2	10 - 20	1.23	0.13	12	1.8	3	220	0.011	0.61	2.9	8.4	0.8	5.2	20.9	14	40	4	25	17
B2	30 - 60				2.2			0.009	0.71	2.7	9.8	1.0	11.6	25.6	11	38	4	45	2
B3	60 - 90				2.5			0.008	0.85	2.7	9.6	0.5	9.3	22.1	12	44	2	42	0
C	120 - 150				2.7			0.008	0.71	2.1	10.6	0.3	6.5	20.0	11	53	2	33	1

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