Location: Propodollah.
Australian Soil Classification: Hypercalcic, Subnatric, Red SODOSOL (sandy)
Northcote Factual Key: Dy 5.43
Great Soil Group: solonetz/solodized solonetz (intermixed)
General Landscape Description: Lower slope of dune on gently undulating sand plain.
LS14a Landscape |
A1 | 0-20 cm | Dark brown (7.5YR3/4); loamy sand; structureless; weak consistence dry; pH 6.6: | LS14a Profile |
A2 | 20-30 cm | Yellowish red (5YR4/6); sand; massively structured; firm consistence dry; pH 6.5: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 30-35 cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/8); heavy clay; strong coarse columnar (with bleached cemented capping), breaking to strong coarse blocky structure; very strong consistence dry; pH 8.6: | |
B22 | 35-65 cm | Brown yellow (10YR6/8) with red (2.5YR4/8) mottles; light medium clay; weaker columnar structure; strong consistence dry; contains many (20-50%) soft carbonates; pH 9.3. |
- | pH | Salinity | ||
Surface (A1 horizon) | Slightly Acid | Very Low | Non-Sodic | _ |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Strongly Alkaline | Medium | Sodic | Moderate |
Deeper Subsoil (at 0.5 metres) | Extremely Alkaline | Medium-High | Strongly Sodic | _ |
The surface soil is slightly acid. The subsoil is strongly alkaline becoming extremely alkaline at depth. | The salinity rating is very low in the surface. The subsoil is moderate becoming high with depth. | The surface is non-sodic. The subsoil is sodic becoming strongly sodic with depth. |