Profile Number 63

Laboratory number:	0968	Profile Description
Site number:	486	A11	0-10 cm	Very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) to dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine loamy sand; apedal; earthy fabric; very firm when moist; abundant roots; pH 5.5, abrupt smooth boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Dy3.21 Stace et al (1972) – Yellow Podzolic Soil	A12	10-38 cm	Dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine loamy sand; apedal, earthy fabric, very firm when moist abundant roots; pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary
Location:	Bairnsdale 8422, grid ref. 454169 Road cutting 9 km NW of Bairnsdale	A2	38-60 cm	Yellowish brown (10R 5/4) fine sand; common faint reddish brown (<5 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; soft when dry; 1% ferruginous nodules up to 15 mm; abundant roots; pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary
Land system, component:	Salt Creek 2	B2	60-100 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay; common faint reddish brown (<5 mm) mottles; moderate coarse (25 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very hard when dry; common roots; pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary
Topography:	Crest slope of low hill, 1% gradient	C1	100-180 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; apedal; earthy fabric; very hard when dry; few roots; pH 7.0; wavy boundary
Elevation:	40 m	C2	180-200+ cm	Yellowish red (5YR 5/8) to yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; apedal; earthy fabric; very hard when dry; pH 7.0
Drainage:	Moderate
Parent material:	Tertiary and Pleistocene fine-textured alluvium
Vegetation:	Cleared; grassland with Themeda australis, Briza maxima and Holcus lanatus. Scattered Eucalyptus tereticornis, Acacia mearnsii

LABORATORY ANALYSES 968
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 µS/cm	Cl- %	Depth cm	Composition %
A11	0-8	LS	0	2	69	23	6					5.7	38	0.003
A12	20-30	C	1	1	82	6	11					6.3	2.5	0.002
A2	38-60	SL	1	1	74	10	14					6.7	24	0.002
B2	60-90	C	2	1	54	6	33					5.9	44	0.004
B2	90-100							35	16	19	9.4
C1	120-150	SL	1	1	74	5	16					6.4	120	0.020

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
A11	0-8	2.0	0.16	16	0.7	8	140	0.014	0.077	2.0	0.8	0.3	0.03	10.8	1	7	3	<1	71
A12	20-30	0.72	0.057	16	0.7	1	90	0.009	0.069	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.04	7.4	31	8	3	1	57
A2	38-60				0.6			0.007	0.056	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.04	3.8	37	11	3	1	48
B2	60-90				2.9			0.015	0.17	1.5	3.4	0.1	0.5	15.1	10	22	1	3	64
B2	90-100
C1	120-150				2.7			0.017	0.13	0.3	2.8	0.01	0.9	6.8	4	41	<1	13	42

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