GRES486
Location: 9 km north-west of Bairnsdale
Australian Soil Classification: Sodic, Mesotrophic, Brown CHROMOSOL (Thick sandy)
Map Unit: Stockdale with Munro
Previous Site Name: AL63
Soil Profile Morphology:
 | 0-8 cm | Very dark greyish brown; loamy fine sand; pH 5.7: | |
| 30-60 cm | Dark brown; loamy fine sand; pH 6.7: | |
| 60-90 cm | Yellowish brown; sandy clay; pH 5.9: | |
| 120-150 cm | Yellowish brown; sandy loam; pH 6.4. | |
Chemical and Physical Analysis:
Depth (cm) | pH | Organic Carbon % | Total Nitrogen % | Exchangeable Cations | Gravel % | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) % | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) % | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) % | Clay (<0.002 mm) % | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||||||
meq/100g | ||||||||||||
0-8 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 0.16 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 23 | 6 |
30-60 | 6.7 | | | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 10 | 14 |
60-90 | 5.9 | | | 1.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 6 | 33 |
120-150 | 6.4 | | | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.01 | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 16 |
Profile Described By: J.M. Aldrick, 1978.
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