Location: Lake Victoria (Shell Road), Ocean Grove District, Bellarine Peninsula
Australian Soil Classification: Melanic, Regolithic, Bleached-Leptic TENOSOL
General Landscape Description: Dune crest of coastal dunes unit.
Geology: Quaternary coastal dune deposits: aeolian coastal and inland dunes; dune sand, some swamp deposits.
CLRA41 Landscape. Coastal low land dune field
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
A1 | 0–10 | Dark grey (10YR4/1); sand; apedal single grain structure; sandy fabric; very weak consistence dry; non-calcareous, pH 7.5; clear boundary to: | CLRA41 Profile | |||
2A11 | 10–20 | Very dark grey (2.5Y3/1); loamy sand; apedal single grain structure; earthy fabric; very weak consistence dry; non-calcareous, pH 8.0; clear boundary to: | ||||
2A12 | 20–30 | Brown (7.5YR5/2); sand; apedal single grain structure; earthy fabric; very weak consistence dry; non-calcareous, pH 7.0; sharp boundary to: | ||||
2A21 | 30–75 | Greyish brown (10YR5/2), conspicuously bleached light grey (10YR7/2 dry); sand; apedal single grain structure; sandy fabric; loose consistence dry; non-calcareous; pH 7.5; diffuse boundary to: | ||||
2A22 | 75–110 | Brown (10YR5/3), light brownish grey (10YR6/2 dry); sand; apedal single grain structure; sandy fabric; loose consistence dry; slightly calcareous, pH 8.0; sharp boundary to: | ||||
Subsoil | ||||||
2B2 | 110–125 | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); sandy clay; common large angular calcarenite coarse fragments; weak medium prismatic structure; smooth fabric; very firm moderately consistence moist; few distinct other cutans; very highly calcareous, pH 9.5. | ||||