Location: Cooriemungle.
Australian Soil Classification: Humose, Dermosolic, Redoxic HYDROSOL
Site Description: Drained dairy grazing paddock.
General Landscape Description: Flat valley floor in dissected plain.
Geology: Quaternary alluvium derived from Gellibrand Marl and Hanson Plain Sand.
Land Use: Dairy cattle grazing.
SW57 Landscape |
A1 | 0-20 cm | Very dark brown (10YR2/2); clay loam; weak medium polyhedral structure; weak consistence dry; clear and smooth change to: | SW57 Profile Note: Surface (A1) has been stripped from the soil profile. |
Subsoil | |||
B21g | 20-90/95 cm | Light brownish grey (10YR6/2), with fine faint brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles common; clay loam fine sandy; apedal; weak prismatic structure in upper horizons, becoming weak medium prismatic, parting to medium blocky structure at 70 cm depth; firm consistence dry; pH 5.7; clear change to: | |
B22g | 90/95+cm | Grey (10YR5/1) with many brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles; heavy clay; very coarse prismatic (larger at depth) parting to very coarse to coarse blocky structure; very firm consistence dry; trong sulphidic smell i.e. anaerobic. | |
pH | Salinity Rating | ||
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Moderately Acid | Very Low | Non-Sodic |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC (dS/m) | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
B21g | 20-90 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 0.06 | 2 | 3 | 0.08 | 0.26 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | Exchangeable Aluminium mg/kg | Exchangeable Acidity meq/100g | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) | Clay (<0.002 mm) |
B21g | 20-90 | 58 | 5.1 | 3 | 52 | 26 | 21 |