MM554
| Site: MM554 | Land Unit: Stavely Non-Marine Sandstone |
| Aust. Soil Class.: Bleach-Sodic, ?, Brown KUROSOL (confidence level 2). | |
| General Land Unit Description: This land unit forms a small section of exposed non-marine sandstone along Salt Creek around Woorndoo. The soils are commonly strong texture contrast soils, although they do differ in the subsoil chemistry, with some soils being sodic while other have a strongly acidic subsoil, similar to this site. These soils are found in association with Podosols on the colluvial slopes. |
Site Description:
| Geology: Silurian non-marine sandstone | Landform pattern: Undulating plains |
| Position in landscape: Mid slope | Internal drainage: Moderately well drained |
| A1 | 0-15 cm | Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2) loamy sand, very weak consistence when dry, pH 5.4. Clear transition to: |
| A2 | 15-40 cm | Light yellowish brown (10YR6/4) sandy, conspicuously bleached (10YR7/2) when dry. Sharp transition to: |
 | Subsoil | |
| B21 | 40-70+ cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/6) medium clay (sandy), mottled (10YR5/4). pH 5.1. |
Key profile features:
- Strong textural contrast between topsoil and subsoil
- Strongly acidic topsoil
- Strongly acidic subsoil
- Bleached A2 horizon
- Mottled subsoil
- Topsoil dispersive when worked when wet
- Subsoil dispersive when worked when wet
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