EGS238
Location: Delegate River
Australian Soil Classification: Bleached, Eutrophic, Grey CHROMOSOL
Map Unit: Dellicknora (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: EG238
General Landscape Description: Rolling low hills
Site Description: Mid south-west slope, 8 %
Land Use: Grazing
Native Vegetation: Montane riparian woodland and montane dry woodland
Geology: Silurian granite
Soil Profile Morphology:
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| Surface Soil | | | |
A1 | 0 - 10 cm | Greyish brown (10YR5/2); coarse sandy loam; pH 5.8; gradual change to: | |
A2 | 10 - 80 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3), conspicuously bleached (10YR7/2d); coarse sandy loam; pH 6.1; abrupt change to: | |
Subsoil | | | |
B2 | 80 - 90+ cm | Brown (10YR4/2); medium clay coarse sandy; with a few fine soft feldspar grains; pH 6.1. | |
Chemical and Physical Analysis:
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | Exchangeable Acididty meq/100g | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||
A1 | 0-10 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 0.06 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 0.95 | 0.2 | 0.11 |
A2 | 10-80 | 6.1 | 5.4 | <0.05 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
B2 | 80-90 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 0.07 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 0.37 | 0.17 |
Profile Described By: Ian Sargeant, 2011.
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