Turton (Symbol: Tn)

Site 219 Rees unpublished)

Geology
Late Devonian fluvial sediments (conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone) often referred to as the ‘red beds’.

Landform
Steep hills to steep mountains at elevations ranging from 150 to 500 m. The Turton map unit occupies the higher valley slopes around Combienbar and Buldah, generally on slopes more than 32%. The adjacent land on more gentle slopes land is mapped into the Combienbar map unit.

Native vegetation
Shrubby dry forest.

Soils
The depth to rock is variable as is the amount of rock outcrop. Any soil that does develop is usually red to brown in colour and has a high fine sand and silt content.

Land use
Almost all the map unit is uncleared and most is public land.

Site 219 (Rees unpublished)

Location: 6 km south of Combienbar	Geo. Ref. 0678100E 5853600N
Australian Soil Classification: Acidic, Dystrophic, Red DERMOSOL	Pebbly red gradational soil
General landscape description: Steep hills
Geology: Late Devonian fluvial sediments (conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone)
Site description: Upper slope
Land use: Grazing
Native vegetation: Shrubby dry forest
Mapping unit: Turton

Surface soil
A11	0 – 15 cm	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/2-3); fine sandy loam; moderate granular structure moderately weak consistence; common subangular large sedimentary pebbles; clear change to:
A12	15 – 30 cm	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/4); fine sandy loam; massive; common subangular large sedimentary pebbles; gradual change to:
A3	30 – 60 cm	Dark reddish brown (5YR3/4); fine sandy clay loam; weak subangular blocky structure; common angular, sedimentary pebbles; clear change to:
Subsoil
B2	60 – 140 cm	Reddish brown (2.5-5YR4/4); silty clay; moderate angular blocky structure; many angular large sedimentary pebbles; gradual change to:
B3	1.4 m+	Many angular large sedimentary pebbles increasing with depth.

Horiz	Depth	EC	pH H2O	pH CaCl2	Org C %	Total N %	Exch Al ppm	Exchangeable cations cmol(+)/kg							Ca:Mg	ESP
	cm	dS/m						Ca	Mg	K	Na	Total	H	CEC
A11	0-15	0.08	5.1	4.3	2.42	0.10	176	1.74	1.22	0.41	0.31	3.7	16.5	20.2	1.4	2
A12	15-30	<0.05	5.3	4.4	1.33	<0.01	163	0.91	1.12	0.30	0.20	2.5	12.3	14.8	0.8	1
A3	30-60	<0.05	5.6	4.3	0.64	<0.01	218	0.61	1.12	0.30	0.10	2.1	10.2	12.3	0.5	<1
B2	60-90	<0.05	5.5	4.1	0.34	<0.01	439	0.31	1.23	0.31	0.10	2.0	11.7	13.7	0.2	<1