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WLRA136

WLRA - soil pit WLRA136- landscape
Cropped plains with remnant red gum

    Site Code
WLRA136
WLRA - soil pit WLRA136- profile

    Location

Rees Road, Telangatuk East, western Victoria

    Landform

Gently undulating plain

    Geology

Pliocene Parilla Sand:
marine sand and silt

    Element

Footslope

    Slope

1%

    Aspect

North-north-east

Horizon
Depth (cm)
Description

A1

0–15

Brown (7.5YR4/3);
loamy sand; massive (structureless) to weak platy; weak moderately moist consistence; pH 6.8; clear and wavy boundary to:

A2

15–35

Light brown (7.5YR6/3) with very few medium faint brown mottles;
coarse loamy sand; massive (structureless); very weak dry consistence; pH 5.3; abrupt and wavy boundary to:

B21

35–75

Yellowish brown (10YR5/6) with many coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR5/6) and greyish brown (10YR5/2) mottles;
medium heavy clay; moderate coarse prismatic, parting to strong medium angular blocky structure; smooth ped-fabric; very strong moderately moist consistence; many medium ferromanganiferous nodules; common distinct slickensides and clay skins;
pH 7.6; gradual and wavy boundary to:

B22

75–100

Light yellowish brown (2.5Y6/4) with many prominent fine red (2.5YR4/6) mottles;
medium heavy clay; moderate medium angular blocky, parting to fine angular blocky structure; smooth ped-fabric; very strong dry consistence; few fine ferromanganiferous nodules; common distinct slickensides and clay skins; pH 8.5; clear and wavy boundary to:

B23k

100–120

Light yellowish brown (2.5Y6/4) with many distinct fine yellowish red (5YR4/6) mottles;
medium clay; weak to moderate medium polyhedral structure; smooth ped-fabric; strong moderately moist consistence; few fine to medium ferromanganiferous concretions with common extremely coarse calcareous soft segregation's; common distinct slickensides and clay skins; pH 9.0; clear and wavy boundary to:

B3

120–145+

Light yellowish brown (2.5Y6/3) with a few distinct fine reddish brown (5YR4/4) mottles;
medium heavy clay; weak medium polyhedral structure; smooth ped-fabric; firm moist consistence; many fine manganiferous and coarse ferromanganiferous concretions/nodules with few coarse calcareous soft segregation's; few distinct slickensides and clay skins; very strongly cemented broken nodular ferricrete pan; pH 9.1.

Management Considerations

  • Texture contrast soil, sodic at depth
  • Leached sub surface horizon, acidic pH
  • Alkaline subsoil with coarse structure roots confined to coarse structure (columnar like).
  • Many ferric nodules in upper subsoil
  • Imperfect subsoil drainage; clayey, coarse structure, moderately dispersive
  • Moderate to high susceptibility to soil structure decline
  • Moderate to high susceptibility to soil compaction, subsurface and upper subsoil
  • Landscape position, long lower slope

Horizon
Depth (cm)
pH (water)
pH (CaCl2)
EC
dS/m
NaCl
%
Exchangeable Cations
cmol-/kg
Field Capacity
(pF 2.5)
Wilting Point
(pF4.2)
Coarse Sand
%
Fine Sand
%
Silt
%
Clay
%
Ca
Mg
K
Na
A1
0–15
6.8
6.2
0.12
0.04
6.3
0.81
0.78
0.18
NA
5.8
32.5
47.0
5.3
11.3
A2
15–35
5.3
4.5
0.05
0.02
1.3
0.27
0.21
0.12
NA
2.2
35.9
50.2
4.5
7.0
B21
35–75
7.6
6.6
0.11
0.03
8.6
12
0.72
1.2
32.9
18.8
18.9
24.4
4.5
48.0
B22
75–100
8.5
7.4
0.11
0.03
6.8
11
0.62
1.7
29.2
15.1
22.3
30.5
4.0
40.0
B23k
100–120
9.0
8.2
0.20
0.06
13
10
0.51
1.9
26.4
12.8
24.8
34.3
4.0
33.3
B3
120–145
9.1
8.2
0.21
0.06
9.8
10
0.47
2.2
27.4
12.9
31.1
30.0
6.0
31.0
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