Location: Nicholson
Australian Soil Classification: Magnesic (and Eutrophic), Subnatric, Brown SODOSOL
Map Unit: Briagolong
Previous Site Name: EG253
General Landscape Description: Undulating rises.
Site Description: Upper slope, south aspect, 5% slope.
Land Use: Grazing.
Native Vegetation: Grassy woodland.
Geology: Pleistocene alluvial sediments.
EG253 Landscape. Photo looking north-east from near the soil pit |
A1 | 0 – 15 cm | Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2); fine sandy clay loam; weak medium sub-angular blocky structure; firm consistence dry; abrupt change to: | EG253 Profile |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 15 – 40 cm | Dark brown (10YR4/3); medium clay; strong very coarse columnar, parting to strong fine angular blocky structure; very strong consistence dry; few (<10 %) rounded cobbles (<200 mm); diffuse change to: | |
B22 | 40 – 90 cm | Greyish brown (2.5Y5/3); light medium clay; strong coarse very prismatic to lenticular, parting to strong fine angular blocky structure; very strong consistence moderately moist; diffuse change to: | |
B23 | 90 – 120 cm cm | Greyish brown (2.5Y5/3) with few (<10%) coarse dark yellowish brown (10YR4/8) mottles; light medium clay; strong medium prismatic structure; very firm consistence moderately moist; diffuse change to: | |
C1 | 120 – 170 cm cm | Light grey (2.5Y7/3) with many (20-50%) very coarse (>30 mm) yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; light clay; massive. |
- | pH | Salinity | |
Surface (A1 horizon) | Strongly Acid | Non-Sodic | None1 |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Moderately Acid | Sodic | None2 |
Deeper Subsoil (at 1 metre) | Slightly Alkaline | Strongly Sodic | Slight2 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | Organic Carbon % | Total Nitrogen % | Exchangeable Cations | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) % | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) % | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) % | Clay (<0.002 mm) % | Field cap. % w/w | Wilt. point % w/w | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||||||||||
meq/100g | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | 0-15 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 0.07 | 1.9 | 0.15 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | <0.1 | 17 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 17.0 | 4.8 |
B21 | 15-40 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 0.13 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 9 | 31 | 12 | 46 | 28.1 | 16.7 | ||
B22 | 40-90 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 0.26 | 0.8 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 7 | 36 | 15 | 38 | 27.1 | 15.6 | ||
B23 | 90-120 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 0.96 | 0.7 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 41 | 35.3 | 13.3 | ||
B24 | 120-170 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 0.89 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 1 | 43 | 29 | 24 | 33.1 | 14.1 |