Profile Number 38

Laboratory number:	0998	Profile Description
Site number:	710	O₁	5 - 0 cm	Black organic material; pH 5.5; abrupt boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) - Gn4.51 Stace et al. (1972) - Brown Earth	A₁	0 - 15 cm	Dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; moderate angular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; slightly hard when dry; pH 6.0; gradual boundary
Location:	Moe 8121, grid ref. 478534 Road cutting 6 km S of Churchil	B₂	15 - 45 cm	Light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) light clay; common faint dark yellowish brown (<5 mm) mottles; weak angular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; hard when dry; pH 5.5; clear boundary
Land system, component:	Jeeralang, 2	R	45+ cm	Fractured sandstone and siltstone
Topography:	Upper hillslope with 45% gradient
Elevation:	140 m
Drainage:	Good
Parent material:	Cretaceous siltstone and sandstone
Vegetation:	Open forest III: Eucalyptus globulus with Acacia melanoxylon, Cassinia longifolia and Olearia argophylla common in shrub layers

LABORATORY ANALYSES 998
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 %
Al	0 - 5	L	2	7	43	22	20					5.9	52	0.003
B2	25 - 45	L	16	8	44	24	20	27	18	9	7.5	5.6	43	0.007

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
Al	0 - 5	2.7	0.19	18		11	200	0.20	0.13	4.6	2.0	0.4	0.2	19.8	23	10	2	1	64
B2	25 - 45				1.5					3.0	2.2	0.2	0.5	14.5	21	15	1	3	60

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