Profile Number 8

Laboratory number:	0970	Profile Description
Site number:	488	A_ll	0 - 20 cm	Black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; apedal; earthy fabric; soft when dry; common roots; pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) - Uc3.31 Stace et al. (1972) - Earthy Sand	A_l2	20 - 45 cm	Very dark grey (10YR 3/1) loamy sand; apedal; earthy fabric; very firm when moist; common roots; pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary
Location:	Bairnsdale 8422, grid ref. 791127 10 km NW of Lakes Entrance	A₂	45 - 87 cm	Pale brown (10YR 6/3) clayey sand, sporadically bleached to light grey (10YR 7/2); apedal; very firm when moist; few roots to 60 cm; 2% charcoal up to 3 mm; pH 6.0 - 7.0; clear wavy boundary
Land system, component:	Stockdale, 1	IIB_ir	87 - 120 cm	Brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; weak very fine (2 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist; common prominent grey (>15 mm) mottles; pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary
Topography:	Mid - slope of hill, N aspect, 8% gradient	IIC	120 - 140 cm	Brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) clayey sand; apedal; earthy fabric; firm when moist; pH 5.8
Elevation:	60 m
Drainage:	Good
Parent material:	Tertiary coarse-textured aeolian sand
Vegetation:	Woodland III: Eucalyptus globoidea, E. bridgesiana and E. cypellocarpa, Pteridium esculentum and Imperata cylindrica predominant understorey sp
Remarks:	Leached iron compounds appear to have precipitated in the sandy clay loam layer below the A horizon.

LABORATORY ANALYSES 970
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 - 10	SL	4	51	24	7	15					5.9	48	0.004
Al2	30 - 45	S	4	63	24	6	4					5.2	22	0.002
A2	60 - 87	S	6	65	26	3	8					6.2	17	0.002
IIBir	90 - 115	SCL	14	52	19	7	21					5.8	170	0.015
IIC	120 - 140	SL	16	55	23	8	12					5.4	180	0.018

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 - 10	1.8	0.092	25	0.2	6	70	0.006	0.056	2.3	1.3	0.2	0.1	11.3	20	12	2	1	65
Al2	30 - 45	0.73	0.029	33	0.1			0.002	0.032	0.2	0.4	0.06	0.1	6.5	3	6	1	2	88
A2	60 - 87	0.13	0.006	28	0.1	1	20	0.002	0.011	<0.01	0.15	0.03	0.05	1.06	<1	14	3	5	78
IIBir	90 - 115	0.11	0.015	10	1.3	1	30	0.002	0.075	0.1	3.2	0.09	1.2	10.1	1	32	1	12	54
IIC	120 - 140	0.06	0.011	7	1.9	2	20	0.005	0.061	0.09	2.0	0.06	1.0	6.3	1	32	1	16	50

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