Location: Jarramond
Australian Soil Classification: Bleached-Sodic, Magnesic, Grey KUROSOL (very thick loamy surface horizons)
Map Unit: River terrace (Component 5)
Previous Site Name: EG7
General Landscape Description: Alluvial terrace
Site description: Upper terrace <1% slope
Land Use: Grazing
Geology: Quaternary alluvium (Qp5)
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface soil | |||
A1 | 0 – 5 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); loam; weak consistence moist; pH 5.4; clear change to: | |
A21 | 5 – 30 cm | Greyish brown (10YR5/2); silty loam; weak consistence moist; pH 5.1; gradual change to: | |
A22 | 30 – 50 cm | Greyish brown (10YR5/2); silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; weak consistence moist; pH 5.4; gradual change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 75 – 105 cm | Greyish brown (10YR5/2); medium clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm consistence moist; pH 5.3. |
- | pH | Salinity | ||
Surface soil (A11 horizon) | Strongly acid | Very low | Non Sodic | None1 |
Subsurface (A12 horizon) | Strongly acid | Very low | Sodic | None2 |
Deeper subsoil (75-105cm) | Strongly acid | Low | Sodic | None2 |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
A21 | 5-30 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.22 | 18 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.71 | 0.35 | 2 | 51 | 25 | 15 | 25.4 | 11.2 |
A22 | 30-50 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 80 | 8.4 | 0.52 | 1.9 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 1 | 52 | 27 | 18 | ||||
A23 | 50-75 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 0.11 | 0.77 | 0.05 | 77 | 7.5 | 0.17 | 2.1 | 0.44 | 0.72 | 1 | 52 | 27 | 18 | ||
B21 | 75-105 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 0.21 | 180 | 10.0 | 0.14 | 5.7 | 0.55 | 1.9 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 38 |