Location: Batesford
Australian Soil Classification: Vertic, Hypercalcic, Black CHROMOSOL (moderate profile depth)
General Landscape Description: Gently undulating plain.
Site Description: Flat.
Geology: Newer volcanics
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
Ap | 0-10 cm | Brown (10YR4/3 moist); loam; weak consistence dry; pH 6.8; abrupt change to: | SW91 Profile |
A12 | 10-30 cm | Very dark grey (10YR3/1 moist); clay loam, fine sandy; very firm consistence dry; medium to coarse (10-30 mm) granular to polyhedral structure; rough faced peds; pH 6.6; clear change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21tg | 30-50/70 cm | Very dark grey (10YR3/1 moist) to very dark grayish brown (10YR3/2 moist) with dark greyish brown (2.5Y4/2 moist) and reddish brown (5YR4/4 moist) mottles; medium to heavy clay; smooth faced peds; moderate medium (<50 mm) prismatic, parting to coarse (20-50 mm) angular blocky/polyhedral structure; moderately vertic with prominent slickensides at base; strong consistence dry; pH 7.3; sharp and wavy change to: | |
B22k/R | 50/70-80 cm | Soft whitish carbonate; rounded weathered and fractured basalt; sharp and wavy change to: | |
R | 80+ cm | Fractured basalt. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | Slightly Acid | Low | Non-Sodic | None |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Slightly Alkaline | Very Low | Non-Sodic | None |
The surface is slightly acid. The subsoil is slightly alkaline. | Salinity rating is low in the surface and very low in the subsoil. | The soil is non sodic throughout the profile. | The clay content increases markedly at the A/B boundary. |
Horizon | Sample Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC 1:5 | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
A1 | 0-10 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 0.17 | 11 | 4.4 | 0.87 | 0.32 |
A12 | 10-25 | 6.6 | 6 | 0.14 | 12 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.41 |
Btg | 35-50 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 0.09 | 22 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 0.33 |
Horizon | Sample Depth (cm) | Organic Carbon % | Nitrogen % | 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 | 0-10 | 2.4 | 0.20 | 28.3 | 12.4 | 16 | 36 | 16 | 25 |
A12 | 10-25 | 32 | 15.9 | 8 | 38 | 18 | 31 | ||
Btg | 35-50 | 51.2 | 28.4 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 60 |