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WW42

Location: Kalkee

Australian Soil Classification: Epicalcareous-Endohypersodic, Self-Mulching Grey VERTOSOL

General Landscape Description: Level plain.
Site Description: Pasture paddock.
Geology: Neogene (Tertiary).


Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil

A10-10 cm Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); light clay; weak coarse sub-angular blocky structure; weak consistence moist and dry; contains a few soft carbonate segregations; very highly calcareous; pH 8.2; sharp change to:


Subsoil

B21k10-40 cmDark grey (10YR4/1); medium clay; strong sub-angular blocky structure; contains common very coarse soft carbonate segregations; very highly calcareous; pH 8.8; gradual change to:

B3140-65 cmBrown (10YR5/3); medium clay; strong sub-angular blocky structure; contains few soft carbonate segregations; very highly calcareous; pH 9.4; gradual change to:

B3265-90 cmBrown (7.5YR5/4); medium clay; strong sub-angular blocky structure; contains very few soft carbonate segregations; very highly calcareous; pH 9.6; gradual change to:

B33 90-120 cmLight yellowish brown (10YR6/4); light clay; weak consistence moist; contains few soft carbonate segregations; very highly calcareous; pH 9.7.

Soil Profile Characteristics:

pH
Salinity Rating
Surface
(A1 horizon)
Moderately Alkaline
Low-Medium
Non-Sodic
Subsoil
(B21 horizon)
Strongly Alkaline
Low-Medium
Sodic
Deeper Subsoil
(at 90-120 cm)
Extremely Alkaline
Very High
Extremely Sodic

Image: WW42 graphs
The surface horizon is moderately alkaline. The subsoil is strongly alkaline becoming extremely alkaline at depth.The salinity rating in the surface and upper subsoil is low-medium. The deeper subsoil has a very high salinity rating.The surface soil is non-sodic. The upper subsoil is sodic. The deeper subsoil is extremely sodic.

Chemical and Physical Analysis:

Horizon
Horizon
Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
pH
(CaCl2)
EC
dS/m
NaCl
%



Exchangeable Cations
Ca
Mg
K
Na
Meq/100g
A1
0-10
8.2
7.8
0.29
0.009
24
6.3
2
1.3
B21k
10-40
8.8
8.1
0.4
0.014
16
7.3
1.3
4
B31
40-65
9.4
8.6
0.61
0.051
12
13
1.5
8.7
B32
65-90
9.6
8.9
0.87
0.100
5.3
15
1.6
12
B33
90-120
9.7
8.9
1
0.121
4.4
13
1.6
13

Profile Described By: John Martin (August 1971).
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