Profile Number 60

Laboratory number:	0934	Profile Description
Site number:	381	A1	0-10 cm	Very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy clay loam; strong medium (5 mm) crumb structure; rough-ped fabric; slightly hard when dry; abundant fine and few large roots; pH 5.7; clear wavy boundar
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Db2.41 Stace et al (1972) – Soloth – Yellow Podzolic Soil intergrade	A21	10-18 cm	Dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; common distinct yellowish brown (1 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; slightly hard when dry; abundant fine and few large roots; 5% ferruginous nodules up to 3 mm; pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary
Location:	Traralgon 8221, grid ref. 581675 12 km S of Traralgon	A22	18-35 cm	Brown (10YR 5/3) light sandy clay; common distinct yellowish brown (5-15 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; hard when dry; abundant fine and few large roots; 5% ferruginous nodules up to 3 mm; pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary
Land system, component:	Westbury 2, 1	B21	35-50 cm	Dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) heavy clay; common distinct reddish brown (5-15 mm) mottles; strong coarse (20 mm) angular blocky structure; few roots; rough-ped fabric; extremely hard when dry; pH 5.5; clear boundary
Topography:	2% slope in undulating terrain	B22	50-110 cm	Dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) heavy clay; common distinct grey (5-15 mm) mottles; moderate coarse (30 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very hard when dry; few roots; 5% ferruginous nodules up to 3 mm; pH 6.0; diffuse smooth boundary
Elevation:	100 m	C	110-150 cm	Light red (2.5YR 6/8) heavy clay; abundant prominent grey (>15 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; very hard when dry; pH 7.3
Drainage:	Poor
Parent material:	Tertiary and Pleistocene clay and sand with some intermixed quartz gravel
Vegetation:	Grassy open forest II: Eucalyptus radiata, E. ovata, Acacia melanoxylon, A. mearnsii, Casuarina littoralis and Leptospermum juniperinum predominant shrub species

LABORATORY ANALYSES 934
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	0-10	L	2	20	42	20	15					5.6	79	0.009	50-60	Kaolinite 90; Illite intergrade 10
A21	10-18	L	3	22	42	19	17	26	15	11	6.0	5.6	42	0.005
A22	30-35	C	4	15	29	15	40					5.6	33	0.002
B21	35-50	C	2	9	16	8	64					5.6	51	0.002
B22	60-90	C	2	7	15	5	71	97	24	73	9.0	6.0	52	0.004

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	0-10	2.45	0.18	18	2.3	13	70	0.012	0.037	3.2	1.8	0.1	0.2	14.0	23	13	1	1	62
A21	10-18	1.28	0.094	18	3.6	1	20	0.072	0.022	1.9	1.2	0.08	0.09	9.9	19	12	1	1	67
A22	30-35				5.0			0.006	0.066	2.2	3.5	0.06	0.3	146.4	13	21	<1	2	64
B21	35-50				5.2			0.007	0.094	2.8	5.5	0.09	0.8	24.2	12	23	<1	3	62
B22	60-90				0.6			0.006	0.13	2.9	6.5	0.09	1.0	22.7	13	29	<1	`4	5

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