Location:
Walpeup
Australian Soil Classification: Sodic, Hypercalcic, Red CHROMOSOL (medium sandy surface)
General Landscape Description: Swale between east-west dune.
Geology: Quaternary (Woorinen Formation) deposits.
Land Use: Cropping.
MP38 and MP39 Landscape |
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
A11 | 0-20 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR4/6); loamy sand; weak blocky structure; very weak consistence dry; non calcareous; pH 7.9: |
MP38a Profile |
A12 | 20-25 cm | Dark brown (7.5YR3/4); sandy loam; weak coarse blocky structure; non calcareous; pH 8.1: |
Subsoil
| | |
B21 | 25-43 cm | Yellowish red (5YR4/6); sandy clay; weak coarse blocky structure; very firm consistence dry; moderately calcareous; pH 8.6: |
B22k | 43-50 cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/8); light medium clay; very firm consistence dry; contains a few (2%) hard carbonates and a common (20%) amount of soft carbonate; very strongly calcareous; pH 8.9; |
B23k | 50+ cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/8); light clay becoming light clay (sandy) with depth; weak coarse polyhedral structure; strong consistence dry; contains a few (2-5%) hard carbonates (5 mm in size) and very many (>50%) soft carbonates; very strongly calcareous; pH 9.6. |
Soil Profile Characteristics:
| pH | Salinity Rating | | |
Surface
(A1 horizon) | Slightly Alkaline | Very Low | Non Sodic | __ |
Subsoil
(B21 horizon) | -- | -- | Non Sodic | -- |
Deeper Subsoil
(at 50 cm) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
1 Moderate dispersion after remoulding.
The profile is non-sodic to 40 cm depth. | There is a moderate increase in clay content at the A/B horizon boundary. | |
Horizon | Horizon Depth
(cm) | pH
(water) | pH
(CaCl2) | EC
1:5 | Exchangeable Cations | Total Nitrogen
% | Organic Carbon
% | Wilting Point
pF4.2 | Coarse Sand
(0.2 - 2 mm) | Fine Sand
(0.02 - 0.2 mm) | Silt
(0.002 - 0.02 mm) | Clay
(<0.002 mm) |
Ca | Mg | K | Na |
meq/100g |
A11 | 0-20 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 0.05 | 2.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.06 | 0.29 | 2.6 | 33 | 59 | 0 | 8 |
A12 | 20-25 | | | | 6.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | | | 5.6 | 37 | 44 | 4 | 16 |
B21 | 25-40 | | | | 9.1 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.6 | | | 11.2 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 32 |
B22k | 40-50 | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 29 |
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Profile Described By: Mark Imhof and Nathalie Baxter (September 1996).