Location: Stradbroke. | Australian Soil Classification: Melacic, Humosesquic, Aeric PODOSOL. |
Great Soil Group: podsol. | Geology: Pleistocene aeolian sediments. |
General Landscape Description: Longitudinal dunefield. | Mapping Unit: Gormandale. |
Site Description: 7% slope to the south. |
A1 | 0-30 cm | Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); loamy sand; single grained; very weak consistence moist; pH 3.8; clear and smooth transition to: | Site CFTT 17 Soil Profile |
A21 | 30-50 cm | Light grey (10YR6/1); sand; single grained; loose when dry; pH 4.2; diffuse and smooth transition to: | |
A22 | 50-115cm | White (10YR8/1); sand; single grained; loose when dry; pH 4.6; sharp and wavy transition to: | |
Subsoil | |||
Bhs | 115-135 cm | Dark reddish brown (5YR3/3) and yellowish red (5YR5/8); sand; with continuous tongues of weakly cemented and massive "coffee rock"; pH 4.2; gradual and smooth transition to: | |
C | 135-190 cm | Dark reddish brown (5YR3/3) and yellowish red (5YR5/8); sand; single grained; many ferruginous nodules (less than 60 mm). |
Horizon | pH | Salinity Rating | ||
Surface (A1 horizon) | Extremely Acid | Very low | Non-sodic | None |
Subsoil (Bhs horizon) | Extremely Acid | Very Low | Non-sodic | None |
The soil profile is extremely acid throughout. | The levels of coarse sand are high throughout the profile. | ||
The level of soluble salts is very low throughout the profile. | The clay content is very low throughout the profile. |