Profile Number 43

Laboratory number:	0933	Profile Description
Site number:	380	A₁₁	0 - 8cm	Very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; moderate fine (5 mm) subangular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; friable when moist; abundant fine and large roots; pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) - Gn4.51 Stace et al. (1972) – Wiesenboden	A_l2	8 - 30 cm	Dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2) light clay; moderate fine (8 mm) subangular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; friable when moist; abundant roots, 2% charcoal fragments up to 10 mm; pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary
Location:	Moe 8121, grid ref. 186696 1 km SE of Yarragon	B₂₁	30 - 78 cm	Dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2) medium clay; abundant distinct yellowish brown (5 - 15 mm) mottles; moderate coarse (20 mm) angular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; very hard when moist; 8% ferruginous nodules up to 10 mm, 5% charcoal fragments up to 10 mm; pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary
Land system, component:	Trafalgar, 1	B₂₂	78 - 144 cm	Brown (10YR 5/3) heavy clay; abundant prominent reddish brown (>15 mm) mottles; large vertical cracks; moderate coarse (30 mm) angular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; very hard when moist; 2% charcoal fragments up to 20 mm, 5% ferruginous nodules up to 20 mm; pH 5.0; wavy boundary
Topography:	Colluvial apron, 1% slope	C	144 - 180 cm	Pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay; abundant prominent reddish brown (>15 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; firm when moist; 5% ferruginous nodules up to 40 mm, 2% charcoal fragments up to 20 mm; pH 5.0
Elevation:	100 m
Drainage:	Poor
Parent material:	Pleistocene-Holocene fine-textured colluvium
Vegetation:	Cleared; introduced grasses with scattered Eucalyptus ovata and Acacia melanoxylon
Remarks:	Monolith taken

LABORATORY ANALYSES 933
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	0 - 8	CL	14	15	32	22	26					5.6	92	0.006
Al2	20 - 30	SiCL	1	3	38	30	30					5.7	41	0.003
B21	30 - 60	SiCL	2	5	31	26	37	45	18	27	11	5.8	36	0.003
B22	90 - 120	C	2	3	29	23	45					5.5	50	0.005
C	150 - 180	L	6	7	48	22	24					5.4	110	0.011

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 - 8	3.22	0.31	14	1.5	24	500	0.044	0.22	5.0	3.6	1.2	0.2	22.8	22	16	5	1	56
Al2	20 - 30	1.26	0.13	13	2.7	16	260	0.040	0.28	4.6	3.3	0.7	0.3	21.7	21	15	3	1	60
B21	30 - 60				2.4			0.031	0.31	5.6	5.1	0.4	0.7	23.8	24	21	2	3	50
B22	90 - 120				2.5			0.041	0.38	9.2	9.9	0.3	2.2	36.4	25	27	1	6	41
C	150 - 180				2.9			0.064	0.35	8.8	8.1	0.2	2.6	29.3	30	28	1	9	32

Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Bulk Density g/mL	Total Porosity %(V/V)	Volumetric water content			Calculated macro-porosity %(V/V)
				field capacity %	wilting point %	calculated available water %
				field capacity %	wilting point %	calculated available water %
All	0 - 8	1.03	61.2	47.4	21.3	26.1	13.8
Al2	20 - 30	1.33	49.9	37.1	20.3	16.8	12.8
B21	30 - 60	1.44	45.6	35.0	21.5	13.5	10.6

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