Profile Number 68

Laboratory number:	0964	Profile Description
Site number:	482	A1	0-10 cm	Very dark grey (10YR 3/1) loamy sand; weak crumb structure; rough-ped fabric; slightly hard when dry; 2% quartz up to 5 mm; pH 6.0; clear boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Dy5.22 Stace et al (1972) - Soloth	A21	10-20 cm	Dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; apedal; earthy fabric; soft when dry; 5% quartz gravel up to 10 mm; clear boundary
Location:	Stratford 8322, grid ref. 313958 24 km E of Stratford, 3 km NW of Meerlieu	A22	20-25 cm	Brown (10YR 5/3) sand; apedal; earthy fabric; soft when dry; 5% quartz gravel up to 10 mm; pH 7.0; clear boundary
Land system, component:	Redgum 1, 1	B2	25-120 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) heavy sandy clay; common distinct grey (2 mm) mottles; moderate coarse (20 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; firm when moist; 2% quartz gavel up to 100 mm; 1% ferruginous nodules up to 10 mm; pH 7.0; gradual boundary
Topography:	Alluvial terrace, 3% slope	C	120-150 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay; abundant prominent reddish brown (2 mm) and abundant distinct grey (2 mm) mottles; moderate medium (10 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist; 1% gravel quartz up to 10 mm; pH 7.5
Elevation:	20 m
Drainage:	Poor
Parent material:	Pleistocene fine-textured alluvium
Vegetation:	Cleared; grassland with scattered Eucalyptus tereticornis

LABORATORY ANALYSES 964
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 %
A1	0-10	S	2	45	42	5	4					5.9	29	0.003	30-60	Kaolinite 90; Chlorite 10
A21	10-20	S	7	47	42	5	4					6.2	19	0.002
A22	20-25	S	15	46	45	4	5					6.5	17	0.002
B2	30-60	C	14	27	32	4	35	43	16	27	10	7.2	150	0.004
B2	90-120	C	19	20	29	4	44					7.7	340	0.025

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
A1	0-10	1.1	0.092	16	0.4	3	60	0.006	0.0022	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.08	6.7	16	7	3	1	73
A21	10-20	0.41	0.036	15	0.5	2	20	0.004	0.012	0.8	0.3	0.06	0.06	3.5	23	9	2	2	64
A22	20-25	0.17	0.019	12	0.4	2	10	0.003	0.009	0.4	0.2	0.04	0.07	1.8	22	11	2	4	61
B2	30-60				3.2			0.005	0.14	0.4	5.5	0.09	2.5	14.1	3	39	1	18	38
B2	90-120				4.0			0.004	0.16	0.2	7.3	0.09	4.9	17.2	1	42	1	28	28

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