Location: Bolwarra
Australian Soil Classification: Mottled, Eutrophic, Red FERROSOL
General Landscape Description: Gently undulating plan
Site Description: Lower hill slope
Land Unit: Gorae Basalt
Geology: Quaternary basalt
General Land Unit Description: This soil type occurs in isolated patches between Portland and Dartmoor. It usually occupies small areas in between pockets of less productive soil (Ferric Brown Chromosols). The Chromosols have been used to represent this area as they are deemed to be the major soil type, and due to restrictions of scale this soil type has not been mapped as an individual unit. It must be noted however, that this soil type has a higher capability of supporting a range of land uses (e.g. viticulture) due to its favourable physical and chemical properties.
Soil Profile Morphology
A1 | 0-25 cm | Dark brown (7.5YR3/3) sandy clay loam, strong polyhedral structure (2-5 mm), firm consistence when dry, few small subrounded ferruginous and manganiferous nodules (2-5 mm), pH 6.4; transition to: |
Subsoil | ||
B21 | 25-50 cm | Reddish brown (5YR4/4) light clay, many very faint red mottles, medium (5-10 mm) to strong polyhedral structure (2-5 mm), strong consistence when dry, a few small subrounded ferruginous and manganiferous nodules, pH 6.5; transition to: |
B22 | 50-110 cm | Reddish brown (5YR4/4) light clay, many prominent red weathered basalt inclusions, medium to strong polyhedral structure (5-10 mm), strong consistence when dry, pH 6.4; transition to: |
B3 | 110+ cm | Brown (7.5YR4/4) light clay, many prominent red weathered basalt inclusions, medium to strong polyhedral structure (5-10 mm), very firm to strong consistence when dry, pH 6.5. |
- | pH | Salinity | ||
Surface Soil (A1 horizon) | Slightly Acid | Medium | Non-Sodic | None |
Subsoil (B21 Horizon) | Slightly Acid | Low | Non-Sodic | None |
Deeper Subsoil (70-140 cm) | Slightly Acid | Low | Non-Sodic | None |
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 | 0-30 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 0.30 | 4.1 | 0.27 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 9 | 31 | 16 | 34 | 38.2 | 20.1 |
B21 | 30-50 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 0.21 | 12 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 0.62 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 53 | 45.4 | 23.7 | |||
B22 | 50-70 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 0.24 | 12 | 13 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 0.64 | 1.2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 62 | 44.2 | 26.3 | ||
B3 | 70-140 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 0.18 | 12 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 0.49 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 66 | 52.3 | 30.4 |