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| SW88 | Vertic (& Calcareous), Sodosolic, Redoxic, HYDROSOL | |
| Winchelsea, Barwon Park Road (1.5 km north-west of Winchelsea) | |||
| Plain | |||
| Quaternary volcanics: basalt | |||
| Low-lying flat depression | |||
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Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description | ||
A1 | 0-8 | Dark brown (10YR3/3 moist and 10YR4/2 dry); fine sandy loam, weakly pedal; firm consistence; pH 5.7; clear boundary to: | ||
A2 | 8-15/18 | Possible A2 (incipient) but not clear in trench; abrupt boundary to: | ||
B21g | 15/18-50 | Very dark brown (10YR2/2 moist) with greyish brown (10YR5/2 moist) and brownish yellow (10YR6/8 moist) (50%) gleyed interiors; sandy light clay in upper part of horizon to light medium clay, (sandy) deeper down and in ped interiors; very coarse (>150 mm) prismatic structure; massive; firm to very firm consistence; pH 8.1; clear or gradual boundary to: | ||
B22g | 50-80 | Dark grey (10YR4/1 moist) with many (>50%) grey (10YR5/1 moist) and yellow (10YR7/8) mottles; medium clay; fine pedal structure, polyhedral to very fine lenticular structure, shiny ped faces; pH 8.7; clear or gradual boundary to: | ||
B23gt | 80-110 | Black (10YR2/1 moist) ped faces; many (~80%), pinkish grey (7.5YR6/2 moist) and brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles; medium clay; structure tending to medium (<50 mm) prismatic; pH 8.9; clear boundary to: | ||
B24g | 110-180 + | Greyish green (5G4/2 moist) and light olive brown (2.5Y5/3 moist), strongly gleyed; sandy clay; fine yellowish brown (10YR5/8 moist) mottles; apedal; strongly developed large (~10 mm) biopores, 50-120 mm apart; minor (<2%), soft calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and isolated calcium carbonate (CaCO3) nodules; pH 8.3. | ||
Management considerations | ||||
Very waterlogged and moderately saline this soil should be avoided for agriculture or infrastructure. |
Site SW88 | Sample depth | pH | EC | NaCl | Ex Ca | Ex Mg | Ex K | Ex Na | Ex Al | Ex acidity | FC (-10kPa) | PWP (-150kPa) | KS | FS | Z | C | |
Horizon | cm | H2O | CaCl2 | dS/m | % | cmolc/kg | cmolc/kg | cmolc/kg | cmolc/kg | mg/kg | cmolc/kg | % | % | % | % | % | % |
A1 | 0-10 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | <10 | 10 | 18.3 | 10.3 | 23.3 | 49.0 | 8.5 | 13.5 |
B21 | 30-50 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 0.76 | 0.16 | 3.1 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 2.7 | N/R | N/R | 29.9 | 14.4 | 16.6 | 45.0 | 5.5 | 31.0 |
B22 | 60-80 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 1.4 | 0.33 | 3.1 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 5.1 | N/R | N/R | 37.5 | 18.3 | 10.1 | 43.1 | 7.5 | 37.5 |
B23 | 90-105 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 23.0 | 11.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | N/R | N/R | 31.2 | 14.2 | 25.8 | 37.7 | 4.0 | 30.5 |
B24 | 110-150 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 0.67 | 0.14 | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R |