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NE49

NE48-50 landscape
NE48-50 Landscape

Soil Profile Morphology:


Surface Soil

A10-8 cmVery dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); sandy loam; weak medium blocky, parting to weak fine granular structure; weak consistence (dry); slaking after 20 minutes; pH 5.2; very slight dispersion after remoulding:
NE49 profile
NE49 Profile
A218-30/45 cmBrown (7.5YR4/4) with yellowish red (5YR5/6) mottles; sandy loam; weak to strong blocky structure; pH 5.3; firm to very firm consistence (dry):
A2230-45/70 cmVery pale brown (10YR7/3) and white (10YR8/1 dry) with strong brown (7.5YR5/6) mottles; sandy loam; apedal; very firm consistence (dry); pH 5.2; sharp change to:
Subsoil
B2170-100 cmLight brownish grey (10YR6/2) with red (10R4/8) mottles; medium heavy clay; moderate medium to fine platy? structure; strong consistence (dry); small and medium quartz pebbles common (10-20%); pH 5.5; slakes to stable macro aggregates; pH 5.4:
B22100-120+ cmGreyish brown (10YR5/2) with weak red (10R5/2) mottles; weak to medium very coarse prismatic, parting to moderate to strong coarse to medium blocky, further parting to polyhedral structure; strong consistence (dry); slakes to stable macro aggregates; pH 5.1.

Key Profile Features:

Soil Profile Characteristics:

Horizon
pH
Salinity Rating
Surface
(A1 horizon)
Strongly Acid
Subsoil
(B2 horizon)
Strongly Acid
Deeper subsoil
(at100-120+ cm cm)
Strongly Acid
Soil Profile Characteristics:


NE49 graphs



Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
pH
(CaCl2)
EC 1:5
Organic Carbon
G/100g
Exchangeable Cations
Ca
Mg
K
Na
meq/100g
A1
0-8
5.2
4.3
<0.05
2.6
0.08
6.8
0.57
0.56
A21
8-30/45
5.3
4.3
<0.05
1.5
0.82
0.71
0.14
A22
30/45-70
5.2
4.0
<0.05
0.24
0.43
0.14
<0.05
B21
70-100
5.4
4.1
<0.05
0.18
0.84
0.12
0.09
B22
100-120+
5.4
4.0
<0.05
<0.05
1.3
0.12
0.25
Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
Exchangeable Aluminium
mg/kg
Exchangeable Acidity
meq/100g
Field Capacity
pF 2.5
Wilting Point
pF 4.2
Coarse Sand
(0.2-2.0 mm)
Fine Sand
(0.02-0.2 mm)
Silt
(0.002-0.02 mm)
Clay
(<0.002 mm)
A1
0-8
67
10
19.1
6.3
32
39
10
12
A21
8-30/45
86
5.5
15.8
5.3
31
43
10
15
A22
30/45-70
55
4.0
17.3
5.6
33
37
13
15
B21
70-100
190
9.5
24.2
14.2
32
18
8
39
B22
100-120+
300
11
28.3
15.4

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