LS12
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| LS12 |  Hypercalcic, Mottled-Mesonatric, Yellow Sodosol (sandy) | |
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Location | Propodollah, western Victoria | |||
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Landform | Undulating plain | |||
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Geology | Quaternary Woorinen Formation: aeolian dune sand, calcareous clay | |||
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Element | Dune | |||
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Slope | 2% | |||
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Aspect | North | |||
Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description | ||
A1 | 0–10 | Greyish brown (10YR5/2); loamy sand; single grain (structureless); loose consistence (dry); pH 6.7. | ||
A2 | 10–11 | Conspicuously bleached sand. | ||
B21 | 11–30 | Light yellowish brown (10YR6/4) with (7.5YR6/8) mottles; sandy clay; strong coarse columnar structure with cemented bleached domed capping; very strong consistence (dry); pH 8.5. | ||
B22 | 30–40 | Light yellowish brown (10YR6/4) with (7.5YR6/8) mottles; medium clay (sandy); moderate medium prismatic, parting to moderate medium blocky structure; strong consistence (dry); pH 9.1. | ||
B23k | 40–65 | Very pale brown (10YR7/4) with (7.5YR5/8) mottles; medium clay; moderate medium prismatic parting to moderate medium blocky structure; contains many (2050%) soft and hard calcareous segregations; pH 9.4. | ||
B24 | 65+ | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); medium heavy clay; moderate medium prismatic parting to moderate medium blocky structure; pH 9.4; weathered sandstone begins at 170 cm. | ||
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Site LS12 | 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 | 0–10 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 0.1 | NA | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | <0.1 | NA | NA | 4.3 | 2.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
A2 | 10–11 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B21 | 11–30 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 0.24 | NA | 3.8 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 3 | NA | NA | 24.5 | 10.5 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 26 |
B22 | 30–40 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 0.33 | <0.05 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 1.3 | 3.8 | NA | NA | 33.8 | 23.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B23 | 40–65 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 0.05 | 6.7 | 9.5 | 1 | 3.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B24 | 65–100 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 0.61 | NA | 4.9 | 10.8 | 1.1 | 4.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B25 | 100–170 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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