Location: Cooriemungle. | Australian Soil Classification: Humose, Dermosolic, Redoxic HYDROSOL |
General Landscape Description: Flat valley floor in dissected plain. | Site Description: Drained dairy grazing paddock. |
Geology: Quaternary alluvium derived from Gellibrand Marl and Hanson Plain Sand. |
Site SW57 Landscape |
A1 | 0-20 cm | Very dark brown (10YR2/2); clay loam; weak polyhedral (10-20 mm in size) structure; weak consistence; clear and smooth change to: | Site SW57 profile Note: Surface (A1) has been stripped from the soil profile. |
Subsoil | |||
B21g | 20-90/95 cm | Light brownish grey (10YR6/2 moist and 10YR7/2 dry), with faint, fine, brownish yellow (10YR6/8 moist) mottles common (10-15%); fine sandy clay loam; apedal weak prismatic structure in upper horizons, becoming increasingly pedal at depth with a weak medium prismatic, parting to medium blocky structure; firm consistence; pH 5.7; clear change to: | |
B22g | 90/95+cm | Grey (10YR5/1 moist) with many (20-30%) brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles; heavy clay; very coarse prismatic, larger at depth, parting to very coarse to coarse blocky structure; very firm consistence. | |
pH | Salinity Rating | ||
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Moderately Acid | Low | Non-Sodic |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH CaCl2 | EC 1:5 | 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 |