Profile Number 69

Laboratory number:	0945	Profile Description
Site number:	392	A1	0-20 cm	Very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) silty loam; few distinct yellowish brown (<5 mm) mottles; strong fine (5 mm) subangular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; hard when dry; common fine roots; pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Dd2.23 Stace et al (1972) – Solodic Soil	A2	20-45 cm	Dark brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; few faint yellowish brown (<5 mm) mottles; moderate medium (10 mm) subangular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; very hard when dry; common fine roots; pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary
Location:	Traralgon 8221, grid ref. 843888 12 km N of Rosedale	B2	45-100 cm	Very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) medium clay; abundant prominent yellowish brown (>15 mm) mottles; strong coarse (30 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist; common fine roots; pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary
Land system, component:	Sale 1	B3	100-170+ cm	Dark brown (10YR 4/3) medium clay; abundant prominent yellow (>15 mm) mottles; moderate coarse (30 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist, pH 8.5
Topography:	1% slope on alluvial terrace
Elevation:	40 m
Drainage:	Poor
Parent material:	Pleistocene fine-textured alluvium
Vegetation:	Cleared; grassland with predominantly Phalaris aquatica
Remarks:	Monolith taken

LABORATORY ANALYSES 945
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	SiCL	0	1	33	27	33					5.7	58	0.004	60-90	Mica 60; Kaolinite 25; Illite 15
A2	30-45	SiCL	0	1	33	36	29	26	15	11	7.0	5.9	42	0.003
B2	60-90	SiC	0	<1	11	25	62	55	23	32	14	6.6	280	0.034
B3	100-120	SiC	0	1	13	35	50					7.9	450	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
A1	0-10	2.55	0.22	15	1.5	12	260	0.021	0.36	2.6	2.2	0.8	0.2	16.4	16	13	5	1	65
A2	30-45				2.0			0.012	0.45	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.4	11.2	11	17	4	4	64
B2	60-90				3.8			0.012	0.81	3.1	8.5	0.4	2.6	20.7	14	41	2	13	29
B3	100-120				3.8			0.017	0.71	3.3	8.4	0.3	3.4	17.3	19	49	2	20	10

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