Gelantipy (Symbol: Gy)

Site 108 (Rees unpublished)

Geology
Palaeogene (early to mid Tertiary) basaltic volcanic rocks.

Landform
The rolling low hills.

Native vegetation
Most of this unit is cleared but roadside vegetation is shrubby dry forest.

Soils
There is only one occurrence of this map unit in the area and the only accessible part was a roadside cutting.

Site 108 (Rees unpublished)

Location: 5 km north-west of Bonang	Geo. Ref. 650500E 58842000N
Australian Soil Classification: Haplic, Eutrophic, Brown KUROSOL	Stony acidic brown texture contrast soil
General landscape description: Rolling low hills
Geology: Tertiary basalt
Site description: Road reserve
Land use: Adjoining land is grazed
Native vegetation: Shrubby dry woodland
Mapping unit: Gelantipy

Soil profile morphology

Surface soil
A11	0 – 30 cm	Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); silty loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; clear change to:
A12	30 – 60 cm	Light olive brown (2.5Y5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; clear change to:
Subsoil
B1	60 – 90 cm	Light olive brown (2.5Y5/4) medium clay; moderate to strong fine angular blocky structure; few rounded basalt pebbles; clear change to:
B2	120+cm	Greyish brown (2.5Y5/2) light medium clay; moderate to strong fine angular blocky structure; many rounded basalt cobbles.

Soil profile characteristics

Horizon	Depth	Field texture	pH water	Exch Al	Org C	Exchangeable cations cmol (+)/kg							Ca:Mg
	cm			ppm	%	Ca	Mg	K	Na	Total	H	CEC
A11	20	ZL	5.7	60	1.26	1.6	0.7	0.3	<0.1	2.6	8.6	11.2	2.3
A12	40	ZCL	4.9	120	0.58	0.8	1.1	0.1	<0.1	2.0			0.7
B	80+	MC	5.4	580	0.66	3.5	6.2	0.4	0.2	9.3	19.0	29.3	0.6

Sampled by auger:

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