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| LSWW11 | Hypercalcic, Mottled-Hypernatric, Brown SODOSOL | |
Location | West of Booroopki Swamp, western Victoria | |||
Landform | Rise | |||
Geology | Quaternary Woorinen Formation: aeolian dune sand, calcareous clay | |||
Element | Hillcrest | |||
Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description | ||
A1 | 0–20 | Dark brown (10YR3/3); loamy sand; massive (structureless); weak consistence when dry; pH 6.1. | ||
A2 | 20–25 | Pale brown (10YR6/3); loamy sand; conspicuously bleached; massive (structureless); weak consistence when dry; discontinuous horizon; pH 6.9; sharp boundary to: | ||
B21 | 25–65 | Brown (10YR4/3) with many coarse distinct yellowish brown and red mottles, colour changes to strong brown (7.5YR5/6) at depth and mottle abundance decreases; medium heavy clay; strong very coarse columnar, parting to moderate very coarse blocky structure; very strong consistence when dry (complete dispersion); pH 7.5. | ||
B22k | 65–100 | Pink (7.5YR7/4) with common fine distinct reddish yellow mottles; medium clay, fine sandy; moderate coarse prismatic, parting to coarse blocky structure; many (40%) soft calcareous segregations, and a few (5%) hard silica/carbonate nodules; strong dispersion; horizon is discontinuous, with the carbonate forming large patches in places; pH 9.6. | ||
B23 | 100–130 | Reddish yellow (7.5YR7/6) with common yellowish red mottles; medium clay, coarse sandy; pH 9.7. | ||
BC | 130–180+ | Partially weathered sandstone; pH 9.5.
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Horizon | Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | NaCl % | Exchangeable Cations cmol-/kg | Wilting Point (pF 4.2) | Coarse Sand % | Fine Sand % | Silt % | Clay % | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||||||||
A1 | 0–20 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 0.12 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 42.2 | 38.2 | 4.5 | 8 | |
A2 | 20–25 | 6.9 | 6.4 | <0.05 | ||||||||||
B21 | 25–65 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 0.25 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 19.4 | 27.4 | 22.4 | 3.5 | 40.5 | |
B22k | 65–100 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 0.53 | <0.05 | 3.8 | 12 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 16.7 | 31.5 | 23.2 | 3 | 35 |
B22k | 65–100 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 0.49 | <0.05 | |||||||||
B23 | 100–130 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 0.52 | <0.05 | |||||||||
BC | 130–180+ | 9.5 | 8.6 | 0.29 |