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CFTT01

Location: Tostaree
Australian Soil Classification: Grey CHROMOSOL or KUROSOL (depending on pH of upper subsoil)
Great Soil Group: solothTech. Class: 052-6-50/2-1-3-32
General Landscape Description: Undulating plainSite Description: 4% slope to east
Geology: Tertiary sediments


Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil

A10-15 cmVery dark greyish brown (10YR3/2) loamy fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very weak consistence moderately moist; clear and wavy transition to:
CFTTO1 profile Site CFTTO1 Profile
A215-50 cmPale brown (10YR6/3), conspicuously bleached (10YR7/2 dry); loamy fine sand; massive; very weak consistence dry; clear and wavy transition to:
A350-55/65 cmGreyish brown (10YR5/2), many, coarse, distinct, yellowish brown (10YR5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR4/6) mottles, sandy clay loam; massive; weak consistence dry; abrupt and wavy transition to:
Subsoil
B2155/65-110 cmLight brownish grey (10YR6/2), many, very coarse, prominent strong brown (7.5YR5/6) mottles, light medium clay; moderate coarse polyhedral structure, parting to moderate medium polyhedral structure; strong consistence moist; diffuse and smooth transition to:
B22110-150 cmGrey (10YR5/1), many, very coarse, prominent strong brown (7.5YR5/6) and red (2.5YR4/6) mottles, light medium clay; moderate very coarse polyhedral structure, parting to moderate coarse polyhedral structure; strong consistence moist; veins of similarly coloured sandy clay appear with depth.


Sampled by: Ian Sargeant and Justin Wong (17/5/99).

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