Location: Cann River flats
Australian Soil Classification: Vertic (& Acidic-Sodic), Eutrophic, Grey DERMOSOL
Map Unit: River terrace (Component 6)
Previous Site Name: EG214
General Landscape Description: Alluvial plain
Site description: Terrace flat >1% slope
Land Use: Grazing
Native Vegetation: Riparian forest
Geology: Recent sediments
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface soil | |||
A1 | 0 – 25 cm | Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); light clay; moderate medium granular structure; weak consistence moist; pH 5.9; clear change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 25 – 60 cm | Dark grey (10YR4/1) mottled with dark yellowish brown; medium clay; moderate coarse polyhedral structure; very firm consistence moist; pH 5.6; diffuse change to: | |
B21 | 60 -90 mm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); heavy clay; weak coarse polyhedral structure; pH 5.4; diffuse change to: | |
B22 | 90 – 120 cm | Greyish brown (10YR5/2); heavy clay; moderate coarse lenticular structure; very firm moist; weak coarse polyhedral structure; pH 5.3. |
- | pH | Salinity | ||
Surface soil (A1 horizon) | Moderately acid | Very low | Non sodic | None |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Moderately acid | Very low | Non sodic | None1 |
Deeper subsoil (90 -120 cm) | Strongly acid | Higher than normal | Sodic | Slight |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | Organic Carbon % | Total Nitrogen % | Exch. Al ppm | Exch. Acididty meq/100g | Exchangeable Cations | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) % | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) % | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) % | Clay (<0.002 mm) % | Field cap. % w/w | Wilt. point % w/w | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||||||||||||
meq/100g | ||||||||||||||||||
A1 | 0-25 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 0.12 | 2.6 | 0.2 | <10 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 0.15 | 0.37 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 41 | 36.7 | 12.8 | |
B21 | 25-60 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 0.07 | 0.92 | <0.05 | 51 | 7.9 | 3 | 4.7 | 0.053 | 0.63 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 45 | 30.9 | 14.7 |
B22 | 60-90 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 0.18 | 0.37 | <0.05 | 75 | 9.4 | 4.2 | 11 | 0.14 | 2.2 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 55 | 41.1 | 21.8 |
B23 | 90-120 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 0.29 | 0.37 | <0.05 | 69 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 9.5 | 0.09 | 1.8 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 54 | 43.5 | 21.9 |