Location: Cooriemungle | Australian Soil Classification: Melacic, Sesquic, Semiaquic PODOSOL |
Great Soil Group: podzol | General Landscape Description: Convex rise on valley floor |
Geology: alluvium derived from Hanson Plain Sand |
SW55 Landscape |
Soil Profile Morphology:
A1 | 0-? | Black (10YR2/1 moist, 10YR4/1 dry); sandy loam; weak medium (5-20 mm) polyhedral structure; weak consistence; abrupt and smooth change to: | SW55 Profile |
A2 | ?-20 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2 moist), conspicuously bleached (10YR8/1 dry); fine sandy clay loam; apedal; massive; weak consistence; abrupt and wavy change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21s | 20-50 cm | Dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4 moist and 10YR6/8 dry); light sandy clay; massive; weak to firm consistence; clear and wavy change to: | |
B22s(h) | 50-80 cm | Brownish yellow (10YR6/6) and Brown (10YR4/3); (very dark grey (7.5YR3/1 moist) on exterior of peds and in root channels); medium heavy clay; coarse (20-50 mm) polyhedral, parting to fine medium [10-15 mm] polyhedral structure; firm consistence: | |
B23g | 80 cm+ | Grey (10YR5/1), yellowish brown (10YR5/6 moist) and red (2.5YR5/8 moist) mottles common in interior of peds; (dark grey to black coatings on ped faces and in root channels); medium heavy clay; coarse (30-50 mm) blocky, parting to medium [10-20 mm] polyhedral structure. |