Location: 5 km north-west of Bonang
Australian Soil Classification: Haplic, Eutrophic, Brown KUROSOL
Map Unit: Gelantipy
Previous Site Name: 108
General Landscape Description: Rolling low hills
Site Description: Road reserve
Land Use: Adjoining land is grazed
Native Vegetation: Shrubby dry woodland
Geology: Tertiary basalt
Surface soil | |||
A11 | 0 – 20 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); silty loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; pH 5.7; clear change to: | |
A12 | 20 – 60 cm | Light olive brown (2.5Y5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; clear change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B1 | 60 – 90 cm | Light olive brown (2.5Y5/4) medium clay; moderate to strong fine angular blocky structure; few rounded basalt pebbles; clear change to: | |
B2 | 120+cm | Greyish brown (2.5Y5/2) light medium clay; moderate to strong fine angular blocky structure; many rounded basalt cobbles. |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | Exch. Al ppm | Organic Carbon % | Exch. Acididty meq/100g | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||
A11 | 0-20 | 5.7 | 60 | 1.26 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | <0.1 |
A12 | 20-40 | 4.9 | 120 | 0.58 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | <0.1 | |
B | 40-80+ | 5.4 | 580 | 0.66 | 19.0 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |