Location: Tulloh
Australian Soil Classification: Vertic, Mottled-Subnatric, Brown SODOSOL
General Landscape Description: Undulating low hills.
Site Description: Waxing upper slope, 10%, eastern aspect.
Geology: Tertiary sediments (either Dilwyn or Eastern View Formation.
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
A1 | 0-15 cm | Very dark gray (10YR3/1 moist), gray (10YR 5/1 dry); sandy loam; weakly pedal; pH 5.5: | SW76 Profile. Note: Surface (A1) horizon has been stripped from the soil profile. |
A21ec | 15-50 cm | grayish brown (10YR5/2 moist), conspicuously bleached (10YR7/1 dry); sandy loam; apedal, massive; minor small buckshot (breaking with moderate force); pH 5.6; abrupt change to: | |
A22 | 50-70/80 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/6 moist), brownish yellow (10YR6.5/6 dry); apedal; sporadic bleach; pH 5.9; clear change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21tss | 70/80-135 cm | Mottled strong brown (7.5YR5/8 moist), yellowish brown (10YR5/4 moist), brown cutans (10YR5/3 moist); heavy clay; vertic; very coarse blocky structure [80-100 mm]; some very large slickensides, up to 1 m across; pH 6.0; gradual change to: | |
B22tg | 135 cm+ | Dark gray (10YR4/1 moist) and white (10YR8/1 moist); heavy clay; red mottles (10R4/8 moist); polyhedral structure; slickensides (50-150 mm); pH 5.4. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | Strongly Acid | Low | Non-Sodic | None |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Moderately Acid | Very Low | Marginally Sodic | * |
Deeper Subsoil (at 110+ cm) | Strongly Acid | Very Low | - | * |
* No results |
The surface soil is strongly acid. The subsoil is moderately acid becoming strongly acid with depth. | Salinity rating is low in the surface becoming very low in the subsoil. |
| The clay content increases markedly at the A/B boundary. |
Horizon | Sample Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC 1:5 | NaCl % | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||
A1 | 0-15 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 0.11 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.41 | 0.2 | |
A21ec | 30-45 | 5.6 | 4.7 | <0.05 | 1.2 | 0.87 | <0.05 | 0.1 | |
A22 | 55-70 | 5.9 | 4.9 | <0.05 | 0.7 | 2.1 | <0.05 | 0.32 | |
B21tss | 90-120 | 6 | 5 | 0.12 | 2.3 | 9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | |
B21tg | 150-170 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 0.14 | 0.02 |
Horizon | Sample Depth (cm) | Exchangeable Aluminium mg/kg | Organic Carbon % | Nitrogen % | Exchangeable Acidity meq/100g | Field Capacity pF2.5 | Wilting Point pF4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2- 2.0 mm) | Fine Sand (0.02- 0.2 mm) | Silt (0.002- 0.02 mm) | Clay (<0.002 mm) |
A1 | 0-15 | 49 | 5.3 | 0.39 | 17 | 30.1 | 11.1 | 14 | 38 | 19 | 17 |
A21ec | 30-45 | 32 | 8.6 | 19.7 | 5.9 | 16 | 44 | 21 | 15 | ||
A22 | 55-70 | <10 | 4 | 19.8 | 8.1 | 16 | 41 | 17 | 25 | ||
B21tss | 90-120 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 74 | ||||
B21tg | 150-170 |