Profile No. 11 (Aldrick et al, 1967)
Geology
Palaeozoic sediments, mudstones, siltstones, sandstones and shales, occasionally metamorphosed.
Landform
In the context of this report, the Talbotville Map unit encompasses rolling to steep hills with an elevation range of about 350 to 1200 m. The slope gradients exceed 15% but are generally much steeper, commonly 40 – 70%. The relief ranges from 90 – 300 m.
Steep forested hills of the Talbotville Map unit in the background
Soils
Steep slopes, slow-weathering sedimentary rocks and rainfall inadequate enough to support vigorous and dense vegetation, give rise to active natural erosion and slow soil formation. Thus the soils tend to be shallow, stony, leached, acidic and weakly structured. Where areas have been denuded of vegetation, for example north of Smoking Hill where it was removed to support the mining industry, the soils are prone to severe sheet erosion. On the valley floors where soil has accumulated, gully erosion can be quite severe.
Vegetation
Shrubby dry forest with montane dry woodland at higher altitudes.
Severe gully erosion often occurs in the cleared valleys.
Profile No. 11 (Aldrick et al, 1992)
Location: 17 km NW Dargo | Geo. Ref.: 511900E 5867230N |
Australian Soil Classification: Acidic, Dystrophic,Brown Kandosol | Shallow soil on fractured rock |
General landscape description: Steep hills | |
Geology: Palaeozoic siltstones and shales | |
Site description: North aspect (28% slope) | |
Land use: Forest | |
Native vegetation: Shrubby dry forest | |
Map unit: Talbotville |
Surface soil | Shallow stony typical Talbotville soil profile: Cutting along Bairnsdale – Dargo Road | ||
A1 Subsoil B R | 0 – 5 cm 5 – 22 cm 22+ cm | Dark brown to brown (7.5YR4/4); gravelly clay loam; apedal; slightly hard dry; 30% small bedrock fragments up to 20 mm, clear boundary to: Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); gravelly clay loam; apedal; friable, moist; 30% small bedrock fragments up to 20 mm; fragments up to 80 mm common below 10 cm: Bedrock. | |
Key profile features
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Horizon | Depth cm | Field texture | pH water | pH CaCl2 | EC dS/m | Coarse sand % | Fine sand % | Silt % | Clay % | Field cap. % w/w | Wilt. point % w/w | PAW* water % w/w |
A1 | 0-5 | ZL | 4.8 | <0.05 | 18 | 18 | 31 | 19 | ||||
B | 5-10 | ZL | 5.0 | <0.05 | 15 | 23 | 34 | 23 | ||||
B | 10-20 | ZCL | 5.0 | <0.05 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 28 |
Depth | OrgC# | Total N | Free Fe2O3 | Exch. Al | Exchangeable cations cmol (+) /kg | Ca:Mg | ESP | ||||||
cm | % | % | % w/w | ppm | Ca | Mg | K | Na | Total | H | CEC | ||
0-5 | 3.8 | 0.19 | 2.6 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.7 | 0.07 | 0.9 | 30.5 | 31.4 | <1 | ||
5-10 | 1.8 | 0.11 | 2.9 | <0.05 | 0.05 | 0.7 | 0.09 | 0.9 | 20.7 | 21.6 | <1 | ||
10-20 | 1.8 | 0.10 | 3.3 | <0.05 | 0.08 | 0.7 | 0.05 | 0.9 | 21.2 | 22.1 | <1 |