WCSS08
Location: Bellarine
Australian Soil Classification: Vertic, Hypercalcic, Black CHROMOSOL
General Landscape Description: Low hills.
Site Description: Lower hill slope.
Land Use: Vineyard.
Geology: Neogene sediments, highly consolidated ferruginised sandstone.
WCSS08 Landscape
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A11 | 0-9 cm | Very dark grey (7.5YR3/1); sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; rough faced peds; weak consistence dry; pH 6.8; clear change: |  WCSS08 Profile |
| A12 | 9-30 cm | Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); sandy clay loam; massive; earthy fabric; weak consistence dry; contains a few medium ferruginous nodules; pH 6.4; abrupt change: | |
| Subsoil |  | | |
| B21 | 30-55 cm | Black (10YR2/1) with a few medium faint yellowish brown (10YR5/4) and dark red (2.5YR3/6) mottles; medium heavy clay; strong very coarse lenticular parting to coarse angular blocky, parting to medium angular blocky structure; smooth faced peds; strong consistence moderately moist; pH 7.5; gradual and wavy change: | |
| B22 | 55-90 cm | Brown (10YR5/3) with many distinct coarse very dark grey (10YR3/1) and yellowish red (5YR4/6) mottles; medium clay; strong coarse angular blocky, parting to medium angular blocky structure (with occasional lenticular structure); smooth faced peds; strong consistence dry; common distinct cutans evident; pH 8.2; gradual change: | |
| B3 | 90–130 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/6) with common distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR4/6) and black (10YR2/1) mottles; light clay; moderate medium angular blocky and polyhedral structure; smooth faced peds; very firm consistence dry; contains very few medium soft calcareous segregations; many very distinct cutans evident; pH 9.2; gradual change: | |
| C | 130+ cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/4) with many distinct black (10YR2/1) and white (7.5YR8/1) mottles; medium clay (sandy); weak to moderate polyhedral structure; rough faced peds; firm consistence dry; medium sized calcareous soft segregations common; pH 9.3. | |
Soil Profile Characteristics:
| pH | Salinity Rating |
Surface (A1 horizon) | Slightly Acid | Medium |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Slightly Alkaline | Low |
Deeper Subsoil (at 90-130 cm) | Very Strongly Alkaline | Medium |
| | The surface is slightly acid. The upper subsoil is slightly alkaline and the deeper subsoil is very strongly alkaline. | | The salinity rating in the surface is medium The upper subsoil has a low salinity rating becoming medium at depth. | | | | |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m |
A11 | 0-9 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 0.24 |
A12 | 9-30 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 0.06 |
B21 | 30-55 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 0.19 |
B22 | 55-90 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 0.24 |
B3 | 90-130 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 0.48 |
C | 130+ | 9.3 | 8.5 | 0.49 |
Profile Described By: David Rees and Siegfried Engleitner (March 2010).
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