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LSWW24

WLRA - soil pit WW24- landscape
Cutting with terra rossa soil

    Site Code
LSWW24
WLRA - soil pit WW24- profile

    Location

Karnak, western Victoria

    Landform

Rise

    Geology

Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation:
calcareous sand and calcarenite beach ridges

    Element

Plain

Horizon
Depth (cm)
Description

A1

0–10

Dark brown (7.5YR3/3) with few faint red mottles;
light clay; strong medium subangular and polyhedral, parting to fine and very fine subangular and polyhedral structure; weak consistence when dry; pH 8.5:

B2

10–40

Brown (7.5YR4/3) with common faint red mottles;
medium heavy clay; strong very fine polyhedral structure; firm consistence; a few soft and hard calcareous nodules; pH 8.5:

C

40+

Limestone.

Management considerations

  • Uniform clay soil on Limestone.
  • Shallow soil.
  • High nutrient profile but limited depth (water holding capacity and rooting depth limitations).
  • Strongly structured, well drained despite high clay percentage.
  • Landform element is a undulating plain, imperfect site drainage.

Horizon
Depth (cm)
pH (water)
pH (CaCl2)
EC
dS/m
Exchangeable Cations
cmol-/kg
Wilting Point
(pF4.2)
Coarse Sand
%
Fine Sand
%
Silt
%
Clay
%
Ca
Mg
K
Na
A1
0–10
8.5
7.8
0.11
14
4
1.2
0.2
15.7
27
24.6
6
34.5
B2
10–40
8.5
7.7
0.11
23
11
2.4
0.9
26.3
15.2
12.5
6.5
56.5
C
40+
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