LSWW15
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| LSWW15 |  Hypercalcic, Mottled-Subnatric, Brown Sodosol | |
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Location | Tallageira, western Victoria | |||
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Landform | Plain | |||
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Geology | Quaternary swamp and lake deposits: paludal silt and clay | |||
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Element | Plain | |||
Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description | ||
A1 | 0–10 | Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); loamy sand; weakly structured; firm consistence when dry; pH 7.8; abrupt boundary to: | ||
A2 | 10–35 | Light brown (7.5YR6/4); sand; conspicuously bleached when dry; massive (structureless); very firm consistence when dry; few ferruginous nodules; pH 8.4; sharp boundary to: | ||
B21 | 35–75 | Yellowish brown (10YR5/4) with many coarse distinct red mottles; light medium clay; strong very coarse prismatic, parting to medium prismatic/coarse blocky, parting to moderate medium blocky structure; dark organic staining on the ped-faces; strong consistence when dry (dispersive when worked); pH 5.8; clear boundary to: | ||
B22 | 75–100 | Light grey (2.5Y7/2) with yellowish red mottles; light medium clay (fine sandy); strong very coarse prismatic, parting to medium prismatic/coarse blocky, parting to moderate medium blocky structure; very firm consistence when slightly moist (dispersive when worked); pH 7.3; clear boundary to: | ||
B23k | 100–130 | Light grey (2.5Y7/2) with strong brown mottles; sandy clay; very firm consistence when moderately moist; abundant soft (and a few hard) calcareous segregations; pH 8.9. | ||
B3 | 130–180 | Light grey (2.5Y7/2) with yellow mottles; sandy clay (becoming light sandy clay loam at depth); massive (structureless); firm consistence when moderately moist; pH 9.0. | ||
BC | 180–200+ | Loamy sand; massive (structureless); weak consistence when moderately moist; pH 8.8. | ||
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Site WW15 | Sample depth cm | pH | EC dS/m | NaCl % | Ex Ca cmol-/kg | Ex Mg cmol-/kg | Ex K cmol-/kg | Ex Na cmol-/kg | Ex Al mg/kg | Ex acidity cmol-/kg | FC -30okPa | PWP -1500okPa | KS % | FS % | Z % | C % | |
Horizon | H2O | CaCl2 | |||||||||||||||
A1 | 0–10 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 0.16 | NA | 15 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | NA | NA | NA | 13.1 | 25.4 | 48.8 | 8 | 8.5 |
A2 | 10–35 | 8.4 | 7.4 | <0.05 | NA | 0.8 | <0.1 | 0.1 | <0.1 | NA | NA | NA | 0.8 | 44.2 | 44.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
B21 | 35–75 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 0.18 | NA | 8.3 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | NA | NA | NA | 15.5 | 18.6 | 32.7 | 6 | 38.5 |
B22 | 75–100 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 0.17 | NA | 11 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | NA | NA | NA | 14.0 | 19.3 | 39.2 | 6 | 31.5 |
B23k | 100–130 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 0.29 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
B3 | 130–180 | 9 | 8.3 | 0.18 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
BC | 180–200+ | 8.8 | 8.2 | 0.19 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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