Profile Number 59

Laboratory number:	0937	Profile Description
Site number:	384	A1	0-5 cm	Dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse (5 mm) crumb structure; rough-ped fabric; hard when dry; abundant grass roots; pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Db2.23 Stace et al (1972) – Solodic Soil	A2	5-20 cm	Dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay loam; common distinct yellowish brown (<5 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; hard when dry; 5% ferruginous nodules up to 10 mm; common roots; pH 5.5; abrupt wavy boundary
Location:	Maffra 8222, grid ref. 881966 7 km E of Heyfield	C1	85-120 cm	Reddish brown (5YR 4/3) medium clay; common faint yellowish brown (>15 mm) mottles; strong coarse (20 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist; 5% manganiferous nodules up to 5 mm; pH 9.0; clear wavy boundary
Land system, component:	Valencia, 1	C2	120-150 cm	Reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay; common faint yellowish brown (>15 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; friable when moist; pH 8.7
Topography:	Alluvial terrace, 0% slope
Elevation:	40 m
Drainage:	Poor
Parent material:	Pleistocene fine-textured alluvium
Vegetation:	Cleared; sedgeland with Juncus sp.

LABORATORY ANALYSES 937
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 µS/cm	Cl- %	Depth cm	Composition %
A1	0-5	L	0	9	36	24	22					5.2	100	0.010
A2	10-20	SiL	2	12	42	30	15					5.7	38	0.003
B2	20-30	CL	2	12	34	23	30					6.1	58	0.004
B2	30-60							55	17	38	14
C1	90-120	SiC	0	<1	23	29	48					8.6	490	0.056

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
A1	0-5	4.88	0.39	16	1.1	25	320	0.026	0.26	2.3	2.4	0.7	0.3	21.4	11	11	3	1	74
A2	10-20	0.73	0.071	13	1.9	5	180	0.009	0.21	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.2	9.2	14	15	4	2	65
B2	20-30	0.37	0.052	9	3.0	2	300	0.009	0.43	1.9	4.2	0.7	0.4	13.4	14	31	5	3	47
B2	30-60
C1	90-120				3.0			0.009	0.76	2.3	9.7	0.3	3.3	16.6	14	58	2	20	6

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