Location: Woorak
Australian Soil Classification: Hypercalcic, Subnatric, Red SODOSOL (sandy)
Northcote Factual Key: Dr 4.33
Great Soil Group: solodized solonetz
General Landscape Description: Upper slope on the eastern side of a north-south trending gently undulating rise.
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
A11 | 0-15 cm | Dark reddish brown (5YR3/2); loamy sand; weakly structured; weak consistence dry; pH 7.1: | LS23 Profile |
A12 | 15-25 cm | Dark reddish brown (5YR3/4); sand; structureless; firm consistence dry; sharp and wavy change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 25-50 cm | Yellowish red (5YR4/6); medium clay; weak coarse columnar (with hard bleached capping), parting to moderate prismatic structure; very firm consistence dry; pH 8.6: | |
B22 | 50-100 cm | Yellowish red (5YR4/6); medium clay; moderate medium blocky structure; contains few (< 10%) soft calcareous segregations, increasing to many (20 - 50%) from 80-100 cm: | |
C | 100 cm + | Weathered sandstone. |
pH | Salinity | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | Slightly Alkaline | Low | Non-Sodic | -- |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Strongly Alkaline | Low-Medium | Strongly Sodic | Complete |
The surface soil is slightly alkaline. The subsoil is strongly alkaline. | The salinity rating is low in the surface becoming moderate with depth. |
Management Considerations: Surface (A) Horizons
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