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Location: Saint James
General Landscape Description: Level plain.	Land Use: Cropping paddock

Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil

A1	0-10 cm	Brown (7.5YR4/4); fine sandy clay loam; hardsetting; weak coarse blocky structure; firm consistence (dry); few (2-5%) quartz gravels (2-4 mm); sharp change to:
A2	10-15 cm	Strong brown (7.5YR5/6) with pink (7.5YR7/4) mottles; very fine sandy clay loam; apedal; firm consistence (dry); iron and manganese segregations (2-5 mm); sharp change to: Note: The A2 horizon is discontinuous – buckshot probably associated with gilgai depression.
Subsoil
B2	15-30 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR5/6) with brownish yellow (10YR6/8) mottles common; medium heavy clay; strong very coarse prismatic, parting to moderate coarse blocky structure; strong consistence (dry); clear change to:
B22	30-55 cm	Brownish yellow (10YR6/6); medium heavy clay; gradual change to:
B23	55-100 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR5/8); medium heavy clay; slightly calcareous; many slickensides present; carbonate silica nodules (at >1m depth occur in patches).

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