Location: Cooriemungle. | Australian Soil Classification: Bleached-Acidic, Dystrophic, Grey DERMOSOL. |
General Landscape Description: Gently Undulating Rises. | Mapping Unit: Unmapped. |
Site Description: Grazing paddock (dairy). | Geology: Tertiary – Moorabool Viaduct Formation. |
Site SW51 Landscape |
A1 | 0-15 cm | Black (10YR2/1); fine sandy loam; weakly structured; weak consistence moist; contains very few (2%) quartz nodules (2-5 mm in size); pH 5.3; clear change to: |
Site SW51 profile |
A2 | 15-25 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3), conspicuously bleached; very fine sandy clay loam; weakly structured; weak consistence moist; contains very few (2%) quartz nodules (2-5 mm in size); pH 5.2; clear change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 25-60 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3) with many brownish yellow (10YR6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; light clay; moderate coarse blocky, parting to strong medium blocky structure; weak consistence moist; pH 5.5; gradual change to: | |
B22 | 60-80 cm | Light brownish grey (10YR6/2) with many yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; light clay; strong medium blocky structure; weak consistence moist; pH 5.1; gradual change to: | |
B23 | 80-110 cm | Grey (10YR6/1) with many yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; light clay; strong coarse blocky, parting to medium blocky and strong fine polyhedral structure; shiny peds; firm consistence moist; pH 5.3. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | Strongly Acid | Very Low | Non-Sodic | None |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Strongly Acid | Very Low | Non-Sodic | Slight1 |
Deeper subsoil (at 1 m) | Strongly Acid | Very Low | Non-Sodic | None |
This profile is strongly acid throughout. | This profile has a very low salinity rating throughout. | The clay content increases gradually with depth. |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH CaCl2 | EC 1:5 | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
A1 | 0-15 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 0.07 | 6.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.05 |
A2 | 15-25 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 0.06 | 1.6 | 0.5 | <0.1 | 0.2 |
B21 | 25-60 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.6 | <0.1 | 0.4 |
B22 | 60-80 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 0.09 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
B23 | 80-110 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 0.08 | 0.7 | 2.8 | ,0.1 | 0.4 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | Field Capacity pF2.5 | Wilting Point pF4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) | Clay (<0.002 mm) |
A1 | 0-15 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 35 | 31 | 18 |
A2 | 15-25 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 22 |
B21 | 25-60 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 34 | 31 |
B22 | 60-80 | 41 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 59 |
B23 | 80-110 | 45 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 58 |