LP82
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| LP82 |  Bleached-Sodic, Magnesic, Brown Chromosol | |
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Location | Middle Creek, Warrenmang, western Victoria. | |||
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Landform | Hill | |||
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Geology | Palaeozoic (Cambrian) Warrak Formation: marine sandstone, siltstone, schist | |||
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Element | Hillslope | |||
Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description | ||
A1 | 0–7 | Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2) fine sandy loam; weakly structured; very weak consistence (dry); contains a few (4%) sandstone gravels (5 mm diameter); pH 6.2; clear boundary to: | ||
A2 | 7–20 | Conspicuously bleached (10YR7/2d) fine sandy clay loam (silty); weakly structured; weak consistence (moist); contains many (40%) sandstone fragments (8 mm diameter) as well as quartz (15 mm diameter); pH 6.3; abrupt boundary to: | ||
B1 | 20–23 | Light yellowish brown (10YR6/4) light medium clay; weakly structured; firm consistence (moist); contains a few (1%) sandstone fragments (<5 mm diameter); pH 6.5; abrupt boundary to: | ||
B21 | 23–50 | Yellowish brown (10YR5/8) medium heavy clay; strong medium polyhedral structure; firm consistence (moist); contains a few (1%) sandstone gravels (<5 mm diameter); pH 6.4; sharp boundary to: | ||
B22 | 50–85 | Yellowish brown (10YR5/8) medium clay; strong medium polyhedral structure; very firm consistence (dry); contains many (20–50%) sandstone gravels (10–15 cm diameter); pH 6.6; clear boundary to: | ||
B3 | 85+ | Weathered sandstone/ soft mudstone/ siltstone with clay bands; clay has a strong coarse prismatic structure; contains manganese flecks; pH 7.2. | ||
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Site LP82 | Sample depth cm | pH | EC dS/m | NaCl % | Ex Ca cmol-/kg | Ex Mg cmol-/kg | Ex K cmol-/kg | Ex Na cmol-/kg | Ex Al mg/kg | Ex acidity cmol-/kg | FC -30okPa | PWP -1500okPa | KS % | FS % | Z % | C % | |
Horizon | H2O | CaCl2 | |||||||||||||||
A1 | 0–7 | 6.2 | 5.1 | <0.05 | NA | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | <0.1 | NA | 28.1 | 7.3 | NA | 9 | 49 | 27 | 14 |
A2 | 7–20 | 6.3 | 5.1 | <0.05 | NA | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | <0.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 19 | 37 | 27 | 14 |
B1 | 20–23 | 6.5 | 5.2 | <0.05 | NA | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B21 | 23–50 | 6.4 | 5.3 | <0.05 | NA | 1.3 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | NA | 33.9 | 16.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B22 | 50–85 | 6.6 | 5.4 | <0.05 | NA | 0.7 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | NA | 32.4 | 14.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B3 | 85+ | 7.2 | 7.9 | 0.16 | NA | 0.7 | 18.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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