Profile Number 31

Laboratory number:	0978	Profile Description
Site number:	449	A₁	0 - 10 cm	Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sandy clay loam; strong fine (1 mm) crumb structure; rough-ped fabric; soft when dry; many fine roots; pH 6.5; abrupt boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) - Gn3.11 Stace et al. (1972) – Krasnozem	A₃	10 - 30 cm	Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay loam; moderate fine (3 mm) subangular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; hard when dry; many fine roots; pH 6.0; clear boundary
Location:	Warragul 8021, grid ref. 057705 5 km S of Warragul	B₂₁	30 - 60 cm	Dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay loam; strong fine (3 mm) angular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; hard when dry; many fine roots; pH 5.5; gradual boundary
Land system, component:	Neerim, 1	B₂₂	60 - 150 cm	Dark red (2.5YR 3/8) clay loam; strong fine (5 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; extremely hard when dry; pH 5.5; gradual boundary
Topography:	Upper hillslope, 11% gradient	C	150 - 180 cm	Red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; abundant (5 - 15 mm) distinct yellowish red mottles; weak fine (5 mm) angular blocky structure; extremely hard when dry; pH 5.0; weathered basalt below this horizon
Elevation:	160 m
Drainage:	Good
Parent material:	Strongly weathered Tertiary basalt, often kaolinitic at Depth
Vegetation:	Cleared; mostly introduced grasses with scattered Eucalyptus obliqua and Acacia verticillata

LABORATORY ANALYSES 978
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	0 - 10	SiL	7	10	27	37	21	64	35	5.5			140	0.015	120 - 150	kaolinite 80;
A3	10 - 20		7	2	14	19	62	70	32	29	16		41	0.006		chlorite 20
B21	30 - 60	C	7	4	14	17	64	79	55	38	21	5.4	36	0.004
B22	120 - 150	C	7							24	19	5.7

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	5.4	0.42	17	6.0	10	300	0.07	0.08	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.4	41.2	5	3	2	2	88
A3	10 - 20
B21	30 - 60				6.4			0.025	0.05	0.7	0.5	0.06	0.2	28.7	2	2	<1	1	95
B22	120 - 150				6.7			0.022	0.06	0.1	0.9	0.03	0.4	21.3	1	4	<1	2	93

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