Profile Number 20

Laboratory number:	0949	Profile Description
Site number:	396	A₁₁	0 - 10 cm	Very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse (10 mm) crumb structure; rough-ped fabric; soft when dry; common grass roots; pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) - Uc4.32	A_l2	10 - 20 cm	Dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; apedal; earthy fabric; soft when dry; common roots; pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary
Location:	Stace et al (1972) - Siliceous Sand Sale 8321, grid ref. 102877 7 km NE of Sale	A₂	20 - 30 cm	Dark brown to brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; apedal; earthy fabric; hard when dry; 2% ferruginous nodules up to 5 mm; few roots; pH 5.5; clear boundary
Land system, component:	Nuntin, 1	B₂	30 - 42 cm	Strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy sand; common distinct reddish brown (5 - 15 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; very hard when dry; 2% ferruginous nodules up to 5 mm; pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary
Topography:	Depression below sandy rise, 1% slope	C₁	42 - 105 cm	Strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; abundant distinct reddish brown (>15 mm) mottles; weak coarse (20 mm) subangular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; very firm when moist; few roots; pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary
Elevation:	20 m	C₂	105 - 180 cm	Brown (7.5YR 5/4) very fine sandy clay loam; distinct yellowish brown (>15 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; friable when moist; pH 8.5
Drainage:	-
Parent material:	Pleistocene fine-textured alluvium
Vegetation:	Cleared; grassland with Dactylis glomerata, Bromus catharticus, Cynodon dactylon

LABORATORY ANALYSES 949
Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Particle size distribution					Atterberg limits				1:5 soil water suspension			Clay mineralogy by x-ray diffraction
Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Gravel %	Coarse sand % f.e.	fine sand % f.e.	Silt % f.e.	Clay % f.e.	liquid limit %	plastic limit %	plasticity index %	linear shrinkage %	pH	EC 25°C uS/cm	Cl- %	Depth cm	Composition %
All	0 - 10	SL	0	20	53	10	11					5.7	210	0.031
Al2	10 - 20	LS	0	24	54	12	9					5.5	61	0.003
A2	20 - 30	LS	0	23	55	12	9					5.1	35	0.001
B2	30 - 42	LS	1	24	56	12	7					5.1	23	0.001
Cl	42 - 60	L	1	21	54	12	12					5.7	30	0.002

Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Org. C %	Total N %	1.3C N	Free Fe₂O₃ %	Available		HCl extract		Exchangeable cations
						P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Ca	Mg	K	Na	CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na	H
						P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Milliequivalents/100g				CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na	H
All	0 - 10	2.54	0.22	15	1.7	20	560	0.023	0.23	1.8	1.2	1.6	0.5	12.6	14	10	13	4	59
Al2	10 - 20	1.63	0.14	15	1.9	9	420	0.017	0.19	0.7	0.3	1.2	0.4	11.7	6	3	10	3	79
A2	20 - 30	0.84	0.069	16	2.1	6	220	0.013	0.15	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.2	8.2	6	1	7	2	84
B2	30 - 42				2.5			0.009	0.13	0.5	0.05	0.4	0.1	4.9	10	1	8	2	79
Cl	42 - 60				2.7			0.010	0.21	1.1	1.0	0.3	0.2	6.2	18	16	5	3	58

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