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EGS246

Location: Chandlers Creek

Australian Soil Classification: Bleached-Mottled, Eutrophic, Red KANDOSOL

Map Unit: Ambyne (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: EG246

General Landscape Description: Rolling to steep hills
Site Description: Upper slope, 8% slope to north
Land Use: Native forest
Native Vegetation: Grassy dry forest
Geology: Granite


Soil Profile Morphology:


Surface soilSoils and landforms of Far East Gippsland - Ambyne - EG246 profile

A11

0 – 30 cm
Pinkish grey (7.5YR6/2); coarse sandy clay loam; weak coarse granular structure; weak consistence moist; pH 5.2; gradual change to:

A2

30 – 60 cm
Pinkish grey (7.5YR7/2); conspicuously bleached, coarse sandy loam; massive; weak consistence moist; gradual change to:
Subsoil

B2


60 – 1.0+m

Mottled pinkish grey, yellowish red (5YR4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR4/6); coarse sandy light clay; weak coarse polyhedral structure; firm consistence moist; pH 5.9.

Chemical and Physical Analysis:



Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
pH
(CaCl
2)
EC
dS/m
Exchangeable Acididty
meq/100g
Exchangeable Cations
Ca
Mg
K
Na
meq/100g
A1
0-20
5.2
4.4
<0.05
0.9
1.5
1.1
0.2
0.12
B1
60-80
5.9
4.6
<0.05
1.2
5.7
3.7
0.25
0.34

Profile Described By: Ian Sargeant, 2011.
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