Profile Number 70

Laboratory number:	0979	Profile Description
Site number:	476	A₁	0-10 cm	Black (10YR 2/1) sand, apedal; sandy fabric; slightly hard when dry; pH 4.5; clear boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Uc2.36 Stace et al (1972) - Podzol	A₂	10-60 cm	Light brownish grey (10YR 6/2) sand; apedal; sandy fabric; hard when dry; pH 5.5; abrupt boundary
Location:	Traralgon 8221, grid ref. 727646 3.5 km NNW of Gormandale	B_h	60-65 cm	Very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sand; apedal; sandy fabric; hard when dry; pH 5.5; abrupt boundary
Land system, component:	Gormandale 1	B_ir	65-120 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; apedal; sandy fabric; slightly hard when dry; 60% ferruginous nodules up to 40 mm; pH 6.2; solid iron-cemented material occurs in places at the base of this horizon.
Topography:	Lower hillslope with NW aspect, 5% gradient
Elevation:	180 m
Drainage:	Good
Parent material:	Tertiary sand
Vegetation:	Shrubby open forest II: Eucalyptus globoidea and E. consideniana, with Acacia terminalis, Kunzea ericoides and Pteridium esculentum common in the understorey

LABORATORY ANALYSES 979
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	S	1	6	29	4	1					4.8	28	0.002
A2	30-60	S	1	65	27	2	2					4.7	19	0.002
Bh	60-65	S	2	62	27	6	4					5.6	23	0.002
Bir	90-120	LS	1	59	29	9	2					5.9	30	0.003

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	12	0.039	40	0.7	4	50	0.026	0.01	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.2	9.3	4	3	1	2	90
A2	30-60	0.18	0.006	39	0.7	2	4	0.004	0.01	0.11	0.08	<0.01	0.06	2.0	6	4	<1	3	87
Bh	60-65	0.31	0.019	21	1.0	2	20	0.003	0.01	0.3	0.2	0.02	0.07	6.3	5	3	3	1	88
Bir	90-120	0.24	0.013	24	1.3	1	10	0.004	0.02	0.2	0.2	0.01	0.11	5.6	4	4	1	2	90

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