Location: Glenaladale
Australian Soil Classification: Bleached, Mesotrophic, Red KUROSOL
Map Unit: Glenaladale (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: EG259
General Landscape Description: Rolling to steep low hills.
Site description: Mid-slope, Northly aspect, 20% slope
Land Use: Grazing
Native Vegetation: Shrubby dry forest
Geology: Late Devonian freshwater sediments
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
A1 | 0 – 10 cm | Dark brown (7.5YR3/2); very fine sandy clay loam; moderate fine (<20 mm) subangular blocky structure; very few (<2%) angular pebbles (6-20 mm); clear change to: | EG259 Profile |
A2 | 10 - 30 cm | Reddish brown (5YR4/3); conspicuously bleached pinkish grey (5YR6/2d); fine sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse structure; strong consistence dry; clear change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B2 | 30 - 50 cm | Reddish brown (5YR4/4); light medium clay; weak coarse (50-100 mm) prismatic structure; parting to strong medium to fine angular blocky; strong consistence dry; gradual change to: | |
C | 50 -100 cm | Reddish brown (5YR4/4); light medium clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; few (2-10%) angular shale cobbles increasing with depth passing to: | |
R | 100+ cm | Decomposing red shale |
pH | |||
Surface soil (A horizon) | 5.0 | Non-sodic | None |
Subsoil (B2 horizon) | 5.3 | Non-sodic | Slight1 |
Deep subsoil (C horizon) | 5.6 | Non-sodic | Strong |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH CaCl2 | EC dS/m | Organic Carbon % | Total Nitrogen % | Exchangeable Aluminium ppm | Exchangeable Acididty meq/100g | 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 Capacity % w/w | Wilting Point % w/w | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||||||||||||
meq/100g | ||||||||||||||||||
A1 | 0-10 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 0.08 | 5.5 | 0.33 | 130 | 16 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 22 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 28.7 | 11.5 |
A2 | 10-30 | 5.2 | 4.3 | <0.05 | 1.1 | 0.06 | 120 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 15 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 22.5 | 8.8 |
B2 | 30-50 | 5.3 | 4.2 | <0.05 | 270 | 11 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 48 | 30.8 | 17.9 | ||
C | 50-100 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 0.08 | 140 | 8.4 | <0.1 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 55 | 33.8 | 19.9 |