Location | Mount Arapiles, western Victoria | |||
Landform | Hills | |||
Geology | Silurian-Devonian Grampians Group: quartz sandstone and red siltstone | |||
Element | Footslope | |||
Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description | ||
A1 | 0–5 | Dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); loamy sand; single grain (structureless)weak dry consistence; pH 7.2; occasional bleach; sharp boundary to: | ||
B21 | 5–20 | Yellowish brown (10YR5/6); sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; rough ped- fabric; very strong dry consistence; gradual boundary to: | ||
B22 | 20–70+ | Dark brown (10YR4/34) with many fine distinct (10YR4/4) mottles; sandy clay loam; very strong dry consistence; pH 8.9. | ||
Management Considerations | ||||
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Horizon | Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | Exchangeable Cations cmol-/kg | Field Capacity (pF2.5) | Wilting Point (pF4.2) | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||||
A1 | 0–5 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 0.12 | 8.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 21.7 | 11.6 |
B21 | 5–20 | |||||||||
B22 | 20–70+ | 8.9 | 7.5 | 0.12 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 31.7 | 18.6 |