EGS239
Location: Delegate River
Australian Soil Classification: Bleached, Eutrophic, Brown CHROMOSOL
Map Unit: Dellicknora (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: EG239
General Landscape Description: Rolling low hills
Site Description: Upper west slope of low hill 5% slope
Land Use: Grazing
Native Vegetation: Montane riparian woodland and montane dry woodland
Geology: Ordovician sediments
Soil Profile Morphology:
| Surface soil |  | | |
A1 | 0 – 30 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3), conspicuously bleached (10YR7/2d); fine sandy clay loam; pH 5.5; clear change to: | |
Subsoil | | | |
B2 | 30 – 40+ cm | Brown (10YR5/3); medium clay; pH 5.6. | |
Soil profile characteristics
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | Exchangeable Acididty meq/100g | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||
A1 | 0-10 | 5.5 | 4.5 | <0.05 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 0.75 | 0.16 | 0.17 |
B2 | 30-40 | 5.6 | 4.3 | <0.05 | 14 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 0.18 | 0.67 |
Profile Described By: Ian Sargeant, 2011.
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